1. Kuis Family 100 Show
“Survey membuktikan”… Pekikan suara dari penyiarnya yakni Sonny Tulung begitu khas menghiasi layar kaca kala nilai dari jawaban akan dimunculkan. Ya, kuis ini begitu digemari oleh masyarakat Indonesia terutama bagi para keluarga yang memang senang berkumpul di rumah kala malam hari. Dengan membawa konsep para peserta adalah 2 tim yang masing2 terdiri dari 1 keluarga membuat kuis ini sangat digemari walaupun pada episode2 berikutnya tidak begitu mengutamakan anggota tim harus dari 1 keluarga, namun tidak mengurangi antusiasme para penonton menyaksikan kemeriahan kuis ini. Acara ini ditayangkan sejak tanggal 1 April 1996 sampai 28 November 1998 (ANTV), 5 Juli 1999 sampai 29 Agustus 2004 (Indosiar), dan 22 November 2004 sampai 25 Februari 2005 (TV7),kemudian Kuis ini berreinkarnasi.menjadi Super Family (2010-2011) yg tayang di ANTV,dan di bulan oktober 2013 ampe.saat ini Family 100 tayang dengan pembawa acara baru yaitu tukul arwana Video Quote: Family 100  2. Berpacu Dalam Melodi Acara ini dibawakan oleh Koes Hendratmo, ditayangkan di TVRI pada tanggal 20 Desember 1988 sampai 31 Januari 1998, setiap Selasa dan Kamis selama 60-90 menit; kemudian ditayangkan di Metro TV pada tanggal 29 Desember 2000 sampai 22 Januari 2005 setiap Jumat-Sabtu selama 90-120 menit, tetap dengan pembawa acara yang sama. Pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang diajukan dalam kuis ini berkisar mengenai lagu, terutama dari era dekade 1950-an sampai 1980-an. 3. Kuis Dangdut “Apaan tuh..” Ucapan yg sering dilontarkan H. Jaja Miharja ketika iklan mau lewat. Kuis yang ditayangkan di stasiun tv TPI merupakan sebuah kuis yang memadukan musik dangdut dengan pertanyaan-pertanyaan berhadiah. Dengan pembawaan Jaja Miharja yang slengek’an dan humoris bahkan terkadang marah-marah membuat kuis ini mempunyai ciri khas. Apalagi ketika memasuki babak dimana para peserta bergoyang sesuai alunan lagu dan harus berhenti bergoyang ketika music juga berhenti. 4. Kata Berkait Kata Berkait merupakan sebuah acara kuis Indonesia yang disiarkan RCTI. Acara ini ditayangkan setiap hari Senin-Jumat, sejak tanggal 2 Oktober 1995 sampai 28 Desember 2001. Berisi acara yang berhubungan dengan permainan kata-kata dan mengudara selama 30 menit. Kuis ini dipandu oleh Nico Siahaan yang langsung melejitkan namanya di industry infotainment. 5. Apa Ini Apa Itu “Apakah aku, aku adalah……” Awalan pertanyaan yang cukup terkenal pada masa itu. Jeffry Waworuntu merupakan presenter paling terkenal dalam membawakan kuis ini. Dengan gaya bicaranya yang khas membuat para pecinta acara kuis tidak sabar untuk menunggu waktu siang hari sembari menyantap hidangan siang. Dalam acara kuis ini, 3 kontestan saling berkompetisi menebak sebanyak-banyaknya tampilan pada layar monitor besar dengan benar. Kuis Apa Ini Apa Itu? ditayangkan di RCTI pada dekade 1990-an dan 2010-an. 6. Kuis Piramida Piramida adalah acara kuis Indonesia yang ditayangkan di RCTI setiap Senin-Jumat selama 30 menit, sejak tanggal 30 Oktober 1995 sampai 29 Desember 2000. Kemudian acara ini bereinkarnasi menjadi Piramida Baru yang (tetap) ditayangkan di RCTI (2001-2003). Pembawa acara yang terkenal kala itu adalah Ronny Sianturi 7. Rahasia Keluarga Rahasia Keluarga adalah salah satu acara kuis Indonesia. Dalam acara ini, 3 kontestan yang merupakan keluarga (terdiri dari ayah, ibu, dan 2 anak) akan saling adu ketepatan dalam mengungkapkan rahasia seputar kehidupan mereka. Kuis Rahasia Keluarga ditayangkan di RCTI sejak tanggal 2 Oktober 1994 sampai 6 Desember 1998, setiap hari Minggu pukul 18:00-18:30 WIB (kemudian menjadi setiap Minggu pukul 09:30-10:00 WIB). Acara ini dibawakan oleh Iszur Muchtar. 8. Tak Tik Boom Tak Tik Boom adalah salah satu acara kuis Indonesia ciptaan Ani Sumadi. Dalam acara ini, 2 kontestan saling adu pengetahuan dan strategi. Acara ini ditayangkan di RCTI, pada dekade 1990-an dan 2010-an. Acara ini awalnya dipandu oleh Dede Yusuf sebelum diganti oleh Charles Bonar Sirait ataupun Arie Untung. 9. Kuis Digital LG Prima Digital LG Prima adalah sebuah acara kuis Indonesia yang disponsori oleh LG Electronics. Dalam acara ini, 4 orang siswa kontestan yang merupakan perwakilan dari SMA masing-masing akan berkompetisi untuk meraih hadiah utama berupa uang tunai US$32.000,00 di akhir musim. Kuis Digital LG Prima ditayangkan di Indosiar sejak tanggal 6 Mei 2000 sampai 28 Agustus 2004 setiap Sabtu pukul 14:00-15:00 WIB. Acara ini dibawakan oleh Iszur Muchtar dan Shahnaz Haque. 10. Kuis Siapa Berani? Siapa Berani? adalah sebuah acara kuis Indonesia ciptaan Helmy Yahya. Acara kuis ini dibawakan oleh Helmy Yahya dan Alya Rohali, dan pernah dibawakan oleh Iszur Muchtar, Edwin Manangsang, Becky Tumewu, dan Debby Sahertian. Kuis Siapa Berani? ditayangkan sejak 3 Juli 2000 hingga 30 Desember 2005
dan ditayangkan di Indosiar setiap Senin-Jumat pukul 08:00-09:00 WIB. Acara ini juga pernah memperoleh penghargaan Panasonic Awards tahun 2001 dan 2002 kategori acara kuis dan game show terfavorit. 11. Kuis Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? adalah sebuah kuis di televisi yang menawarkan hadiah uang tunai dalam jumlah besar untuk peserta yang bisa menjawab 15 soal pilihan ganda. Acara ini pertama kali ditayangkan di Britania Raya pada 4 September 1998. Formatnya telah dilisensikan ke banyak stasiun televisi di lebih dari 100 negara. Untuk di Indonesia kuis ini dibawakan oleh Tantowi Yahya 12. Kuis Jari-jari “Jari-jareee…” Sapaan khas dari pembawa acaranya yakni Pepeng. Merupakan telekuis pelopor di Indonesia. Hanya dengan durasi sebentar, kuis ini memakai konsep dengan mengajak para pemirsa di rumah untuk menjadi peserta dengan cara menghubungi nomor telepon yang telah disediakan,pada agistus 2012 kuis ini kembali muncul bertepatan dengan ultah RCTI yg ke 23 dengan pembawa acara Junior liem 13. Kuis Kontak Kontak adalah sebuah kuis Indonesia yang ditayangkan di RCTI sejak tanggal 11 Januari 1999 sampai 31 Januari 2003 setiap Senin-Jumat pukul 14:00-14:30 WIB. Dalam acara ini, 2 pasang kontestan saling adu daya konsentrasi dalam menjawab suatu pertanyaan. Acara ini dibawakan oleh Addo Febryanto, yang kemudian digantikan oleh Ferdy Hassan hingga tamat. 14. Komunikata Komunikata adalah sebuah kuis Indonesia berdasarkan lisensi Hot Streaks milik FremantleMedia sejak tanggal 25 September 2000 sampai 30 September 2005 di TPI (sekarang MNCTV). Dalam acara ini, 2 kelompok kontestan saling adu kemampuan berkomunikasi dan berkata-kata. Acara ini
dibawakan oleh Isam Surentu yang kemudian digantikan Indra Bekti pada 4 bulan terakhir penayangannya. Kuis ini kemudian bereinkarnasi menjadi Katakan Katamu (ANTV, 2010-2011). Selama balapan Formula Satu di TPI, kuis ini ditayangkan sebelum acara balapan untuk seri Eropa Quote: Kuis Komunikata Sang host Sekarang *makin cool ya hihi Kapten bintang (hedi yunus - feni ross "sileeeet" Junior Seri anak anak team 5 kali menang berturut turut nih edisi tim sukasuka,tapi satu eps aja yg kushare yang lainnya kagak lengkap videonya Babak 1 Babak 2 Babak 3 Babak bonus 15 Super Deal 2 miliar 16. Game Zone Game Zone adalah salah satu kuis Indonesia yang
ditayangkan di TPI (sekarang MNCTV) sejak tanggal 5 Januari 2002 sampai 25 Maret 2006, setiap Sabtu pukul 19:30-20:30 WIB. Dalam acara ini, 6 kontestan akan saling adu kecepatan, ketepatan, dan kecermatan, dengan hadiah utama berupa uang tunai Rp14.000.000,00. Kuis ini dibawakan oleh Tamara Geraldine dan Alex Abbad yang kemudian digantikan oleh Irfan Hakim. 17. Takeshi Castle (Benteng Takeshi) Takeshi Castle (Benteng Takeshi) ini merupakan game show buatan jepang yang pernah ditayangkan di TPI setiap pukul 3 sore,dan kini ditayangkan ulang di global tv senin - jumat jam.02.30 siang.Dalam acara ini terdapat banyak tantangan yang harus dilalui 100 orang peserta untuk nantinya memperebutkan hadiah sejumlah 1 juta yen atau sekitar 80 juta rupiah.Selain hadiah utama,ada juga reward untuk peserta paling gigih berjuang,dan akan mendapatkan uang sebesar 100 ribu yen/8 juta rupiah.Acara ini termasuk sering kutonton karena memang seru dan tantangannya dibuat unik dan bervariasi,serta ada level kesulitan mulai dari yang mudah sampai yang paling sulit. Hayato Tani Dia adalah komandan utama untuk pasukan penantang,yang selalu berteriak memberi semangat para pejuang untuk melakukan usaha terbaik di tiap tantangan.Ada episode spesial,dimana Kapten Tani tidak hadir dan memimpin pasukan karena diganti oleh Tokusatsu idola di jepang.Dan dia adalah ULTRAMAN.haha.. Cara memberi komandonya juga berbeda,Ultraman cuma memberi gerakan isyarat dan tidak berbicara sedikitpun,bahkan saat diwawancarai Reporter Junji Ichigawa Ultraman tetap menjelaskan dengan bahasa isyarat.Si Reporter pun akhirnya di buat bingung dengan aksinya itu. Semua Karakter Di Benteng Takeshi - Count Beat Takeshi : Kaisar Benteng Takeshi Challange Start Tantangan awal biasanya terdiri dari rintangan melewati dinding perbatasan dan benteng pertahanan pertama.Atau bisa juga menangkap roti dengan mulut (pejuang tak boleh lapar saat menghadapi rintangan).Peserta yang gugur di tantangan ini cuma sedikit karena memang levelnya mudah Main Challange Tantangan selanjutnya lebih susah,makin unik dan membutuhkan ketangkasan dan kekuatan juga kecepatan.Jenis tantangannya biasanya Domino,Big Bird,Roller Fast,Ride Dhino,Bridge Gap,Hill Battle,Dragon Lake,Kolam Maut,Daruma berguling dan masih banyak lagi lainnya Memasuki level yang lebih tinggi,tantangan makin berat dijalani,Peserta sudah mulai kelelahan dan satu demi satu berguguran.Tantangan kali ini berupa Kotak Setan,Roll Out Barrel,Knock Knock,Baseball,Avalanche,Bike Ride,Jamur Terbang,Slip Way,Rumah Gempa dan masih banyak lagi lainnya Challange Road To Final Sebelum mencapai tantangan Akhir,peserta harus melalui satu tantangan lagi,biasanya berupa Karaoke,Jembatan Gibraltar atau juga Sumur Maut.Di tahap ini jumlah peserta tinggal sedikit,hanya beberapa yang lolos. Final Battle Pertempuran Final,peserta yang bisa melalui semua tantangan akan disambut Kapten Tani di depan lorong dan mereka besiap melawan pasukan benteng yang kuat.Di episode awal,pertarungan dilakukan dengan cara peserta harus menembak lingkaran di senjata musuh dan harus merobeknya dengan senjata air agar bisa menang.Peserta harus berjalan dari tangga paling bawah sampai paling atas.Memasuki episode pertengahan,Permaian final diganti lebih sulit.Pertarungan dilakukan dengan mengendarai mobil khusus.Hasilnya,tentu saja hampir ditiap episode semua pesertanya kalah.Pertarungan tak seimbang,pesertanya kalah banyak.Apalagi senjata punya Kaisar Takeshi semburan airnya lebih kencang,otomatis lebih mudah merobek target lingkaran para penantang. 18. Masquerade acara adu kreativitas orang jepang dalam memperagakan sesuatu yang unik. dulu sih ditayangin tiap hari minggu jam 11 di RCTI kemudian dipindahin ke TPI dan kini ditayangin ulang di global tv jam sabtu minggu jam 02.30. Masih inget pembawa acaranya bernama Kinchan? nah, judul aslinya adalah Kasou Taishou! acara ini diadakan 2x dalam satu taun. masing2 pemenang dalam tiap episode akan kembali di adu pada babak grand final. 19 Grand Prix,Peque Prix Acara game dengan tantangan yg menarik,tantangan yg paling saya ingat dimana sang peserta menjawab pertanyaan dengan menaiki.banteng,tayang di rcti tiap sore 20. Indosat Galileo Indosat Galileo adalah sebuah acara kuis Indonesia yang menguji wawasan sains para kontestannya. Acara ini disponsori oleh PT Indosat Tbk. Kuis ini ditayangkan di SCTV sejak tanggal 2 Mei 1999 sampai 27 April 2003 dan dibawakan oleh Ronni Waluya dan Susan Bachtiar. 21. Hole In The Wall Hole in the Wall adalah salah satu acara kuis Indonesia di bawah lisensi FremantleMedia. Dalam acara ini, 2 tim (masing-masing terdiri dari 3 orang) akan bermain dengan tembok berlubang. Kuis Hole in the Wall ditayangkan di RCTI sejak tanggal 17 Desember 2007 sampai 18 April 2008, (30 menit), dan dibawakan oleh Pandji Pragiwaksono. Kemudian acara ini ditayangkan di Global TV sejak tanggal 27 Februari 2009 sampai 11 Oktober 2009, (30 menit), serta dibawakan oleh Herman Josis Mokalu dan Udjo Project Pop.,ditahun 2013 kuis ini dilanjutkan dengan knockout yg tayang di indosiar dengan penambahan beberapa permainan 22. Kuis Keluarga Lifebuoy "Tidak ada yang tidak mungkin di kuis keluarga lifebuoy,kita saksikan bersamaaaaa CATTY BOOOOONN" 23. Secret Mission Secret Mission adalah acara kuis Indonesia dengan konsep petualangan. Dalam acara ini, 3 orang agen rahasia akan berusaha melaksanakan 5 misi di dalam Gedung Galaksi, sebuah gedung milik sebuah organisasi kriminal untuk dapat memperoleh hadiah uang tunai sebanyak-banyaknya yang terdapat pada ruang brankas utama di puncak gedung. Akan tetapi, hanya 1 orang agen rahasia saja yang sukses keluar dari gedung dengan selamat. Acara ini ditayangkan di RCTI sejak tanggal 11 Mei 2003 sampai 10 Agustus 2003, kemudian ditayangkan di SCTV sejak tanggal 29 November 2003 sampai 24 April 2004. Acara ini dibawakan oleh Zulham Simatupang, berperan sebagai pengendali agen rahasia. 24. Kata Si Kecil (Celoteh Anak) Kata Si Kecil adalah salah satu acara kuis Indonesia berdasarkan lisensi acara Child's Play. Dalam acara kuis ini, 2 orang kontestan saling berkompetisi untuk menebak apa yang berada di dalam pikiran anak-anak. Acara ini ditayangkan sejak tanggal 22 Juli 1996 sampai 12 Juni 1998 di ANTV selama 30 menit. Pembawa acara kuis ini adalah Kepra. Kuis ini kemudian bereinkarnasi menjadi Celoteh Anak dengan pembawa acara Dewi Hughes (Indosiar, 2001-2005) dan Apa... Apa... Apa?? (ANTV, 2010-2011). I was born in 1986, which I would argue essentially makes me the quintessential ’90s child, coming into the decade as a four-year-old making some of my first television memories and leaving it as a jaded 14-year-old, certain that The Simpsons probably had “a season or two left, at best.” But one thing is certain: I watched a whole lot of TV. In that decade, I watched some of the best shows, such as the aforementioned Simpsons in its heyday, and I watched some absolute dreck—I’m talking Street Sharks and SWAT Kats-type stuff here. (Do you even realize how many terrible animated shows there were featuring anthropomorphic animals in the ’90s? I suspect that you do not.) It was a decade of wholesome family sitcoms and subversive cartoons that flew under the radar and straight into cult fame. Sincerity seemed to rule the airwaves as the ’90s opened, gradually replaced by a sense of cynical, defeatist satire as the decade progressed. It was a transformative period for so many televised genre programs, from science fiction and mystery to horror and absurdist humor. The ’90s came in with dayglo excess and left in a flannel daze, bemoaning the death of grunge and the incoming and clearly unavoidable disaster of Y2K. Here, then, is a ranking of the top 90 shows of the 1990s. 90. Murder, She Wrote
Years: 1984-1996 A favorite of the “senior citizen solves mysteries” genre in the same vein as Columbo, Murder, She Wrote actually has a bit more in common with the work of Agatha Christie and particularly her brilliant spinster, Miss Marple. Granted, Angela Lansbury was only in her 60s for most of the show’s long, 12-year run, racking up Golden Globe and Emmy nominations all the while. Really, the most remarkable thing about Murder, She Wrote is the way that murder literally follows Jessica Fletcher around everywhere she goes. Any locale this woman visits is immediately stalked by death, moments after her arrival. It’s like she emits some kind of magnetic field that causes people to act out their darkest urges. 89. Unsolved Mysteries
Years: 1987-2002 Just thinking of the opening music from Unsolved Mysteries sends a chill down my spine—this was undoubtedly the most frightening theme song my grade school self had ever heard. Its accompaniment was the steely voice of Robert Stack, who would reel off quite the list of disturbing “mysteries” each week, from unsolved crime cases and conspiracy theories to terrifying dips into the supernatural. That was the bizarre thing about the show—it could go from a story about long-lost twins somehow finding their way back together into a segment about demonic possession or alien abduction at the drop of a hat. It was a staple of both NBC and then CBS for years before somehow ending up on Lifetime of all places before Stack’s death in 2003. 88. Dawson’s Creek
Years: 1998-2003 The late 1990s saw a large boom in the teen drama subgenre, of which Dawson’s Creek was certainly one of the prototypical examples. It was very much in the same vein as some of its contemporaries, with a cast of attractive young kids, although it was set apart somewhat by its pretty New England surroundings. The scripts by series creator Kevin Williamson caught some early flack before the series had even premiered for their perceived “raciness” and frank discussion of teen sexuality, but time has been kind to memories of the show’s legacy. And James Van Der Beek of course remains a total dreamboat to this day. 87. Walker, Texas Ranger
Years: 1993-2001 It’s tough to name any show of the 1990s more fun to ironically watch in 2014 than a vintage episode of Walker, Texas Ranger. I mean really, what other shows have inspired Conan O’Brien to install a level on his desk and show contextless clips over the course of several years—and that was the most requested Late Night skit series of all time, by the way. The individual moments are so incredible that it’s not even necessary to watch the episodes—you can just enjoy the snippet of an old man in a wheelchair being pushed down the stairs into a pool , completely out of context. Or Walker telling a young Haley Joel Osment that he has AIDS. Or Walker jumping through a man’s car windshield:. Or perhaps the thrilling conclusion to the greatest Walker clip of all time—I won’t spoil this one for you. 86. The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Years: 1993-1994 Bruce Campbell is an actor who never truly received a chance at the starring roles he deserved, and The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. is some of the better evidence that we all missed out on a guy who could have been much more than just a cult favorite in movies like The Evil Dead. Ostensibly a western, there are so many other genres wrapped into Brisco’s adventures, from time travel to experimentation with steampunk technology. It may have even inspired some Venture Brothers episodes, seeing as a good number of episodes revolve around a mysterious artifact from the future called “the orb.” Critical praise was strong for the show, but like so many others on Fox, the ratings didn’t hold up and The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. was filed squarely into the “cult” folder after its cancellation after one season. 85. Blossom
Years: 1991-1995 Before Mayim Bialik was sucked into the CBS comedy void that is The Big Bang Theory, she was the early ’90s star of Blossom. The story of a precocious teenager growing up with her musician father and annoying brothers, she became an icon as the “goofy girl” with weird fashion, particularly the big, floppy hats that became her calling card. Today, the show is often remembered as one of the leading innovators of the “very special episode” format, which was already well established by shows such as Diff’rent Strokes but expanded into an art form by Blossom. Examples on Blossom include the time her best friend Six (that’s her name, yes) is dating an older man who turns out to be married, or the traumatic occasion of Blossom’s first period. Sometimes it seemed like every other Blossom episode was “very special.” 84. Martin
Years: 1992-1997 A lot of people, Martin Lawrence included, probably thought this would be the peak of the former stand-up’s career in comedy, but they were simply unaware that he would one day make Big Momma’s House. Set in direct opposition to the dominance of NBC’s “Must See TV” block on Thursday nights, Martin became a counterbalance, a story set in urban Detroit with a largely black cast. A bit of a blowhard and a paper tiger, Martin is a funny guy who likes to act tough, but is secretly a softy on the inside, a characteristic only rarely seen by his more serious, long-suffering girlfriend, Gina. The show had a bit of an odd conclusion, as a sexual harassment lawsuit from Tisha Campbell resulted in her being absent through a good portion of the final season. She eventually settled and filmed three final episodes under the stipulation that she wouldn’t appear in any scenes with Lawrence, which certainly sounds like it must have been awkward to witness. 83. Wings
Years: 1990-1997 It’s sort of hard to make Wings sound thrilling, but that’s okay because it was always a gentle, sort of stuffy sitcom, albeit one with good performances. You can sum it up in one short sentence: A pair of brothers live in Nantucket and operate a small, one-plane airline. In the vein of Cheers (it was produced by the same people), the stories revolve around the colorful cast of characters who hang around the airport, such as cellist Helen Hackett or Italian-American stereotype Antonio V. Scarpacci, amusingly played by Tony Shalhoub. The brothers, Joe and Brian Hackett, basically have the classic Abbott and Costello dynamic going, with Tim Daly playing the straight man and Steven Weber playing his free-wheeling, womanizing foil. 82. Full House
Years: 1987-1995 Full House is probably the quintessential sappy family sitcom of the ’90s, the kind of show that was the butt of jokes from every late-night comedian who thought he was somehow skewering polite society by making fun of its cheesiness or adorable kid actors. The story of a widowed father raising his three daughters in San Francisco with the help of his brother-in-law and goofy best friend, it was pure sap, but a guilty pleasure for plenty of viewers who wouldn’t have watched anything else in the same genre. It offered a little something for everyone—kids liked the silly voices and characters of Joey, women liked the beefcake that was John Stamos, and families liked the cute kids, especially Michelle, who was turned into a marketing empire by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. But even more than Michelle, what says “’90s” more than Stephanie Tanner leading a dance party to Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch? 81. WCW/WWF
Years: 1990-2000 Even more so than in the golden age of the WWF in the late ’80s, the late ’90s was the most popular and relevant that pro wrestling has ever been on a national scale. Good things arose from the competition between Ted Turner’s WCW and Vince McMahon’s WWF and the so-called “Monday Night Wars” that resulted, as the quest for ratings drove creativity and some of the most popular characters of all time, including Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Goldberg, Sting and more. The single biggest heel turn in history took place July 6, 1996 when Hulk Hogan did the unthinkable and became a villain, forming the New World Order in WCW and ushering in several of the most exciting, over-the-top and influential years the wrestling world has ever seen. WWF, meanwhile, kicked off its own “Attitude Era,” still considered the high-water mark for pro wrestling as a whole. 80. seaQuest DSV
Years: 1993-1996 It’s easy to sort of deride seaQuest DSV as essentially “Star Trek underwater,” but in its earlier episodes that comparison was only half right. Roy Scheider of Jaws fame starred as the captain of a research and diplomatic envoy vessel in a future where depletion of the Earth’s resources has led to the only cities remaining underwater, where they harvest the bounty of the ocean. As the show progressed to a second season, the sci-fi elements grew stronger with the discovery of aliens and various “monster of the week” episodes in the vein of those types of Star Trek or X-Files episodes. Scheider was particularly unhappy about the direction the show was heading and stepped down before the third season, which was oddly set 10 years further into the future. Michael Ironside replaced him and played the new, more militaristic captain, but ratings were bad, dooming one of network TV’s quirkier series. 79. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Years: 1995-1999 Ah, Hercules. This syndicated show was some truly excellent TV comfort food—put it on in the background and devote roughly 25 percent of your attention to it while doing something more important. Plots were minimalistic, but the action was cheesy and fun, although somehow still less over the top than say, Walker, Texas Ranger. The writers clearly didn’t care whatsoever about long-term plots or even keeping their mythologies straight—every other episode would lift random fixtures of Egyptian, Asian and European mythology right alongside the “Greek stuff.” None of that mattered—it was understood you were watching simply for the bromance between Kevin Sorbo as Hercules and Michael Hurst as his nephew/sidekick Iolaus. Check your brain at the door and let 30 minutes roll by. 78. The Tick: The Animated Series
Years: 1994-1996 It’s easy to imagine the average viewer being completely perplexed by The Tick the first time they laid eyes on the animated series. Its satire of both animated children’s TV shows and comic book superheroes came totally out of left field—the one similar parody from the time period I can think of is the occasional character “Really Really Big Man” from Rocko’s Modern Life. The Tick, though, was a full-time satirist, a possibly insane, blue man-child who possessed super strength but a lack of any common sense, and powerful abilities that literally increased or decreased depending on how “dramatic” his surroundings were. As a Saturday morning cartoon it was only mildly successful before blossoming into a cult hit on Comedy Central re-runs. The subsequent 2001 live-action series returned to Fox but ran for only nine episodes, proving that The Tick was probably best left to a more colorful atmosphere. 77. Coach
Years: 1989-1997 The 1990s seemed to be just jam-packed full of sitcoms like Coach, these genial programs about harried parents dealing with kids and family life, only defined by their unique locations. What mattered was each show’s cast, and Craig T. Nelson, as later evidenced by The Incredibles, was pretty much born to be the harried father. Here, he coached a prestigious college football team at the fictional “Minnesota State” before moving on to the NFL, but even more than the team, his challenges typically revolved around wrangling his college-aged daughter or sorting out disputes between other teachers or members of his staff. Like any of these shows, you had yourself a few goofball comic relief characters who existed just to give out-of-nowhere monologues like this one. 76. Dinosaurs
Years: 1991-1994 Dinosaurs was a truly bizarre concept, a puppet show about anthropomorphic dino-humans in flannel, living a Flintstones-type existence in lower-middle class suburbia. To some viewers, it seemed moronic, what with Baby Sinclair’s antics, singing and slapstick humor, but it was simultaneously capable of being both a sincere political platform and a biting parody of TV’s shallowness. I mean, just look at the absurdity of the fourth wall-breaking going on here. It was also notable for having the most depressing conclusion this side of ALF, which heavily implied that all of the dinosaur characters we’d come to know and love over the course of four seasons were going to freeze to death and go extinct. I’m not sure how this came as a shock—they’re dinosaurs, after all. But still, genocide is a rough way to end a sitcom. 75. The Magic School Bus
Years: 1994-1997 “Reckless endangerment, the series!” But seriously, Ms. Frizzle has what, eight or nine kids in her class, tops, right? Is it safe to assume that all the other students were say, eaten by dinosaurs while time traveling or absorbed by white blood cells while fighting viruses inside Ralphie? In all seriousness, The Magic School Bus is one of this decade’s most entertaining children’s shows that somehow manages to be genuinely educational as well. Ms. Frizzle is the perfect agent of chaos, and armed with a bus capable of seemingly anything, there was nothing she couldn’t teach these kids. I just found myself wondering if their parents ever had to sign any permission slips for their children to be exploring deep space or the interior of an active volcano. 74. Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Years: 1994-2004 The ’90s were a crazy, transitional period for Cartoon Network, which came into the decade showing classic Hannah Barbera and Warner Brothers cartoons as their main content blocks and left it with their flagship evening program, Adult Swim, more or less fully formed. I vividly remember watching reruns the original 1960s Space Ghost series, but ’90s audiences couldn’t have imagined that someone would think to recycle this unimportant character into a new show, Space Ghost Coast to Coast. A rather brilliant parody of both late-night TV talk shows and radio programs in the vein of Coast to Coast A.M., it began as a pretty deadpan parody and grew increasingly absurd over the course of 10 full seasons, until the moronic, catlike monster man called Brak had practically become the Adult Swim mascot, getting a spin-off of his own. His musical segments are still among the weirder pieces of material Adult Swim has ever aired, which is saying something. 73. Babel 5
Tahun: 1994-1998 Babel 5 tentu saja merupakan salah satu seri fiksi ilmiah paling dewasa dekade ini, terletak di alam semesta di mana manusia telah dibawa ke bintang-bintang dan datang bersama dengan balapan ruang angkasa lainnya untuk membangun stasiun ruang angkasa besar-besaran untuk perdagangan, diplomasi, dan pertukaran budaya . Sebuah contoh langka dari serangkaian yang melaksanakan jumlah musim yang tepat (lima) yang awalnya direncanakan, itu direncanakan dengan baik sejak awal dan menampilkan kontinuitas yang mendalam. Dibandingkan dengan berbagai seri Star Trek dekade ini, itu paling mirip dengan Deep Space Nine, yang menayangkan pilotnya hanya beberapa minggu sebelum Babel 5 memulai debutnya. Tidak mengherankan, ada banyak sekali tuduhan di luar sana di mana pertunjukan memiliki ide yang lebih orisinal, tetapi meskipun tidak memiliki prestise dari nama Star Trek, Babel 5 lebih dari berhasil mempertahankannya sendiri. 1994-1998 Babylon 5 was certainly one of the decade’s most mature science fiction series, set in a universe where man has taken to the stars and come together with other spacefaring races to build a massive space station for trade, diplomacy and cultural exchange. A rare example of a series that carried out the exact number of seasons (five) it initially planned, it was as such well-planned from the start and featured deep continuity. Compared to the various Star Trek series of the decade, it most closely resembled Deep Space Nine, which aired its pilot only weeks before Babylon 5 debuted. Unsurprisingly, there were myriad accusations out there of which show had the more original idea, but despite lacking the prestige of the Star Trek name, Babylon 5 more than managed to hold its own. 72. Petualangan Pete & Pete
Tahun: 1993-1996 Beberapa komedi anak-anak tahun 90-an lebih disukai hari ini daripada Pete & Pete, kisah dua bersaudara yang identik yang tinggal di kota kecil AS. Solid di kamp absurd, cerita sering berputar di sekitar skema kecil Pete yang karismatik dan upaya Big Pete untuk mengeluarkan saudaranya dari masalah. Untuk melihat pertunjukan, Anda setengah mengharapkan sesuatu yang serius seperti tahun keajaiban, tetapi Fred Savage tidak pernah memiliki "pahlawan super pribadi" yang disebut "Artie, pria terkuat di dunia" seperti yang dilakukan Pete kecil tanpa alasan tertentu. Serial ini diakui secara kritis tetapi hanya berlangsung selama tiga musim, meskipun masih diingat sebagai salah satu seri aksi langsung Nickelodeon yang paling menawan dan ditulis terbaik. 1993-1996 Few children’s comedies of the ’90s are more fondly recalled today than Pete & Pete, the story of two identically named brothers living in small town USA. Solidly in the absurdist camp, stories often revolved around the charismatic Little Pete’s schemes and Big Pete’s attempts to get his brother out of trouble. To look at the show, you’d halfway expect something serious like The Wonder Years, but Fred Savage never had a “personal superhero” called “Artie, the Strongest Man in the World” as Little Pete does for no particular reason. The series was critically acclaimed but lasted for only three seasons, though it is still remembered as one of Nickelodeon’s most charming and best-written live action series. 71. Dr. Katz, Terapis Profesional
Tahun: 1995-1999 Konsep di balik Dr. Katz adalah yang cukup malas-seorang psikiater yang ditarik kasar mendengarkan prosesi komedian stand-up melakukan materi khas mereka dan menawarkan pendapat profesionalnya. Orang bisa membayangkan seorang staf pusat komedi yang hanya mengatakan kepada bosnya, "Hei, kita punya banyak rekaman komedi di belakang, mungkin kita bisa membuat pertunjukan dengan audio?" Namun, setelah diperiksa lebih dekat, karakter Dr. Katz akhirnya dikendalikan dengan cukup baik sebagai pria yang stres tetapi bermaksud baik yang secara sah berusaha membantu pasiennya. Yang paling penting, pertunjukan ini memberikan paparan awal kepada banyak komedian yang signifikan, termasuk Louie C.K., Jon Stewart, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jim Gaffigan, Dave Chappelle, David Cross dan Mitch Hedberg, di antara banyak lainnya. 1995-1999 The concept behind Dr. Katz is a pretty lazy one—a crudely drawn psychiatrist listens to a procession of stand-up comedians do their typical material and offers his professional opinion. One can imagine a Comedy Central staffer just saying to his boss, “Hey, we’ve got a lot of comedy tape in the back, maybe we can make a show with the audio?” Upon closer inspection though, the character of Dr. Katz ends up being fleshed out pretty well as a stressed but well-intentioned guy who is legitimately trying to help his patients. Most importantly, the show gave early exposure to plenty of significant comedians, including Louie C.K., Jon Stewart, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jim Gaffigan, Dave Chappelle, David Cross and Mitch Hedberg, among many others. 70. Star Trek: Voyager
Years: 1995-2001 termasuk ketiga seri Star Trek tahun 1990-an dalam daftar ini jenisnya sepertinya banyak, tetapi Anda tidak bisa menahan mereka dalam penundaan. Voyager memiliki premis awal yang sangat keren-setelah kecelakaan aneh, kapal itu terdampar 75.000 tahun cahaya dari rumah, dan bahkan dengan akses ke warp drive, krunya menghadapi perjalanan 75 tahun yang diperkirakan ke ruang yang ramah. Ini pada dasarnya memberi para penulis cek kosong untuk merangkul bagian mana pun dari mitos Star Trek yang mereka inginkan, karena kapan saja spesies alien baru diperkenalkan, selalu hanyalah penghuni jalur ruang angkasa yang belum dipetakan tempat mereka bepergian. Demikian juga, selalu ada titik plot mengemudi yang tersedia dalam pencarian mereka untuk pulang - bagaimana kru akan mencoba mempersingkat perjalanan atau melakukan jalan pintas minggu ini? Tidak seperti banyak seri Star Trek lainnya tentang eksplorasi, yang ini adalah invers - eksplorasi menjadi serba salah. 1995-2001 Including all three Star Trek series of the 1990s on this list kind of seems like a lot, but you just can’t hold any of them in abeyance. Voyager has a particularly cool initial premise—after a freak accident, the ship is stranded 75,000 light years from home, and even with access to warp drive, its crew is facing an estimated 75-year trip to friendly space. This essentially gave the writers a blank check to embrace any part of the Star Trek mythos they wanted, because any time a new alien species was introduced it was always simply a denizen of the uncharted space lanes where they were traveling. Likewise, there was always a driving plot point available in their quest to get home—how will the crew try to shorten the journey or take a short cut this week? Unlike so many other Star Trek series that were about exploration, this one was the inverse—exploration gone awry. 69. Kritikus
Years: 1994-1995 Film Parody Humor adalah tempat yang cukup sempit karena mengasumsikan penonton sebesar film geek seperti penulis, dan kemungkinan ini yang membuat kritikus dari keberhasilan jangka panjang. Acara ini benar -benar memiliki banyak hal untuk itu - Jon Lovitz sempurna dalam peran itu, dan itu adalah pengambilan yang benar -benar segar dalam karier yang beberapa orang pernah berputar komik sebelumnya. Hari ini, karakter itu mungkin diingat karena crossover Simpsons -nya seperti apa pun, tetapi selama beberapa tahun kritikus itu lucu seperti apa pun di TV. Akting cemerlang oleh Roger Ebert dan Gene Siskel (menyuarakan diri mereka sendiri) sangat lucu, bahkan mencurahkan seluruh episode untuk keduanya putus dan pacaran Jay Sherman dari Lovitz sebagai pengganti yang mungkin. 1994-1995 Movie parody humor is a pretty narrow venue because it assumes the viewer is as big a film geek as the writers, and it was likely this that kept The Critic from more long-term success. The show really had a lot going for it—Jon Lovitz was perfect in the role, and it was a completely fresh take on a career that few had ever put a comic spin on before. Today, the character is probably remembered for his Simpsons crossover as much as anything, but for a few years The Critic was as funny as anything on TV. The cameos by Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel (voicing themselves) were particularly hilarious, even devoting an entire episode to the two breaking up and courting Lovitz’s Jay Sherman as possible replacements. 68. Stargate SG-1
TAHUN: 1997-2007 Film Stargate benar-benar pilihan yang sempurna untuk diputar menjadi seri fiksi ilmiah karena Stargate itu sendiri adalah bagian dari Deus ex Machina-itu dapat mengangkut orang-orang ke seluruh galaksi ke planet yang berbeda, jadi ada Selalu di suatu tempat yang baru dan aneh untuk dikunjungi, bahkan selama 10 musim dan 214 episode. MacGyver sendiri, Richard Dean Anderson, mengambil alih peran yang dimainkan Kurt Russell dalam film ini, tetapi peran terbesar mungkin adalah Teal'c, alien "Warrior Race" (jujur saja, mereka berpikir "Klingon") dengan lebih tepatnya Mengganggu rahasia biologis: Dia adalah inkubator monster parasit yang memberinya kemampuan yang ditingkatkan tetapi suatu hari akan membunuhnya. Hanya mendengar dia berbicara tentang cacing yang hidup di "kantong perut" yang dibuat untuk beberapa momen sci-fi yang hebat dan menjijikkan. 1997-2007 The Stargate movie was really a perfect choice to spin off into a sci-fi series because the Stargate itself is quite the piece of deus ex machina—it can transport people all over the galaxy to different planets, so there was always somewhere new and strange to visit, even over the course of 10 seasons and 214 episodes. MacGyver himself, Richard Dean Anderson, takes over the role that Kurt Russell played in the film, but the greatest role is probably Teal’c, the “warrior race” alien (let’s be honest, they were thinking “Klingon”) with a rather disturbing biological secret: He’s an incubator to a parasitic monster that gives him enhanced abilities but will one day kill him. Just hearing him talk about the sentient worm in his “abdominal pouch” made for some great, icky sci-fi moments. 67. Will & Grace
Years: 1998-2006 Will & Grace tetap menjadi pertunjukan penting bagi budaya gay dan presentasi karakter gay pada sitkom, pertunjukan paling sukses pada waktunya untuk menampilkan karakter utama gay dalam apa pun kecuali peran "teman terbaik yang aneh". Ia menerima nominasi Emmy 83 yang absurd selama pelariannya, dan masing -masing dari empat bintang utama memenangkan Emmy individu, menjadikannya salah satu dari hanya tiga komedi situasi untuk mencapai prestasi itu. Kisah -kisah itu bukan benar -benar apa pun yang belum pernah Anda lihat sebelumnya, berputar di sekitar kehidupan dan cinta di New York City, tetapi tempat -tempat mereka berasal (budaya gay/budaya Yahudi) menyegarkan baru bagi banyak orang Amerika yang lebih konservatif. Bagi banyak peluru Alkitab, Will & Grace kemungkinan adalah paparan televisi pertama yang mereka miliki terhadap karakter seperti ini. 1998-2006 Will & Grace remains a pivotal show for gay culture and the presentation of gay characters on a sitcom, the most successful show of its time to feature gay lead characters in anything but the “wacky best friend” role. It received an absurd 83 Emmy nominations throughout its run, and each of the four main stars won an individual Emmy, making it one of only three sitcoms to achieve that feat. The stories weren’t really anything you hadn’t seen before, revolving around life and love in New York City, but the places they were coming from (gay culture/Jewish culture) were refreshingly new to many more conservative Americans. For plenty of Bible Belters, Will & Grace was likely the first television exposure they had to characters of this nature. 66. Disimpan oleh bel
Tahun: 1989-1993 Sitkom sekolah menengah definitif awal 1990-an, diselamatkan oleh lonceng mencerminkan warna hari-glo dari era dengan sempurna. Sebagai karakter sentral, Zack Morris seperti versi Ferris Bueller yang sedikit preppier, seorang pemecah dan philanderer tanpa kekurangan teman. Semua orang di acara itu benar -benar jatuh ke dalam kiasan mereka di zaman itu, apakah itu "gadis sempurna" Kelly Kapowski, Braniac Jessie Spano, Jock A.C. Slater atau Weeko Geek Screech Powers. Yang terakhir adalah salah satu karakter '90 -an yang lebih langsung dikenali, semacam "White Steve Urkel" yang tidak pernah mengambil alih acaranya seperti yang diperintahkan oleh Urkel dengan cepat memimpin keluarga. Salah satu hal menyenangkan tentang Saved by the Bell adalah bahwa rasanya seperti komedi ansambel yang benar -benar - setiap orang membuat momen kecil mereka bersinar dengan keteraturan, kecuali mungkin untuk Tiffani Amber Thiessen, yang sebagian besar ada di sana untuk ada gagasan arketipal tentang panas 1991. 1989-1993 The definitive high school sitcom of the early 1990s, Saved by the Bell reflects the day-glo colors of the era perfectly. As a central character, Zack Morris is like a slightly preppier version of Ferris Bueller, a schemer and philanderer with no shortage of friends. Everyone on the show perfectly falls into their tropes of the era, whether it’s “perfect girl” Kelly Kapowski, braniac Jessie Spano, jock A.C. Slater or weirdo geek Screech Powers. The latter is one of the ’90s more instantly recognizable characters, a sort of “white Steve Urkel” who never took over his show the way Urkel quickly commandeered Family Matters. One of the nice things about Saved by the Bell is that it felt like a truly ensemble comedy—everybody got their little moments to shine with regularity, except perhaps for Tiffani Amber Thiessen, who was mostly there to be the archetypal idea of 1991 hotness. 65. Daria
Tahun: 1997-2002 Secara signifikan lebih berpengaruh daripada yang diharapkan dari beavis dan spin-off head, Daria tanpa diragukan lagi adalah pertunjukan yang menentukan remaja dari akhir tahun 90-an yang tidak bisa melupakan kematian grunge. Ini adalah paean bagi yang malas, para pemalas, sinis dan sarkastik, ketika Daria dan temannya Jane meratapi nasib masyarakat yang hancur dengan menonton pertunjukan tabloid dengan judul -judul seperti dunia yang sakit dan menyedihkan. Fatalisme itu dalam, gelap dan sering lucu, dan orang merasa bahwa beberapa pertunjukan pernah benar -benar menangkap zeitgeist dari subjek mereka dengan lebih akurat. Setiap remaja yang pernah mengangkat bahu mereka dan menghela nafas frustrasi setelah ditanya bagaimana hari mereka di sekolah dengan jelas berpikir, "Hidupku seperti Daria." 1997-2002 Significantly more influential than one would have expected from a Beavis and Butt-head spin-off, Daria is without a doubt the defining show of angsty teens of the late ’90s who couldn’t quite get over the death of grunge. It’s a paean to the lazy, the slackers, the cynical and the sarcastic, as Daria and her friend Jane bemoaned the plight of a broken society by watching tabloid shows with titles like Sick, Sad World. Its fatalism was deep, dark and often hilarious, and one got the sense that few shows have ever actually captured the zeitgeist of their subjects more accurately. Every teen who ever shrugged their shoulders and sighed in frustration after being asked how their day at school was by Mom was clearly thinking, ‘My life is just like Daria.’ 64. Merancang wanita
Tahun: 1986-1993 Pertunjukan yang cukup progresif ketika dimulai pada akhir tahun 80-an, merancang wanita adalah tentang hubungan interpersonal dan transaksi bisnis dari sekelompok wanita muda yang menjalankan perusahaan desain interior. Berlari kembali ke belakang dengan Murphy Brown untuk CBS selama sebagian besar lari, itu secara tematis serupa dalam karakter wanita yang kuat dan berpendapat. Tidak seperti biasanya, ada juga satu karakter pria kulit hitam di kantor-meskipun pertunjukan masih jatuh ke dalam jebakan rasial menjadikannya mantan con (bahkan jika itu adalah kejahatan yang tidak ia lakukan). Ini bisa menjadi komedi topikal pada waktu-waktu tertentu, dengan episode tentang masalah-masalah seperti AIDS dan pelecehan pasangan, tetapi mungkin yang paling diingat hari ini untuk pidato yang marah dan di wajah Anda yang disampaikan oleh karakter Dixie Carter Julia. Ini hal yang cukup berlebihan. 1986-1993 A pretty progressive show when it began in the late ’80s, Designing Women is about the interpersonal relationships and business dealings of a group of young women running an interior design firm. Running back to back with Murphy Brown for CBS during much of its run, it was thematically similar in its strong, opinionated female characters. Unusually, there was also a single, black male character in the office—although the show still fell into the racial trap of making him an ex-con (even if it was a crime he didn’t commit). It could be a topical comedy at times, with episodes about issues such as AIDS and spousal abuse, but it’s perhaps best remembered today for the angry, in-your-face speeches delivered by Dixie Carter’s character Julia. It’s pretty over-the-top stuff. 63. The Drew Carey Show
Tahun: 1995-2004 The Drew Carey Show adalah contoh yang sangat klasik dari sitkom "Everyman" Anda, dengan bintang pelawak yang memainkan pria rata-rata yang tidak eksklusif dikelilingi oleh sekelompok teman yang konyol, musuh bebuyutan (Mimi yang menakutkan) dan cinta Minat yang tiga atau empat takik lebih menarik daripada dia (Christa Miller). Banyak plot berputar di sekitar kehidupan kencan pahlawan yang malang, dan pertunjukan itu hanya semacam berhasil meluncur dengan kesukaan Carey dan beberapa pertunjukan pendukung yang kuat oleh aktor seperti Ryan Stiles dan Diedrich Bader. Hanya itu yang diperlukan untuk menjadi salah satu sitkom yang berjalan lebih lama dari dekade, dengan 233 episode. Itu dan lagu tema, "Cleveland Rocks." 1995-2004 The Drew Carey Show was a pretty classic example of your “everyman” sitcom, with a funnyman star who plays an average, unexceptional guy surrounded by a gaggle of goofy friends, a nemesis (the frightful Mimi) and a love interest who is three or four notches more attractive than he is (Christa Miller). Many of the plots revolve around the hapless hero’s dating life, and the show just sort of manages to coast by on the likability of Carey and a few strong supporting performances by actors like Ryan Stiles and Diedrich Bader. That’s all it took to become one of the longer-running sitcoms of its decade, with 233 episodes. That and the theme song, “Cleveland Rocks.” 62. Xena: Putri Prajurit
Bertahun-tahun: 1995-2001 Kasus langka dari spin-off yang melebihi yang asli, Xena: Warrior Princess tentu saja merupakan pertunjukan yang lebih dalam daripada Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, meskipun itu tidak banyak mengatakan. Lucy Lawless adalah alasan utama mengapa, badass yang dapat disertifikasi dengan senjata yang luar biasa seperti chakram yang tampaknya senang menentang setiap hukum gerak yang diketahui. Serial ini juga menjadi sangat populer di kalangan komunitas gay untuk hubungan lesbian yang dirasakan atau subteks antara Xena dan temannya, Gabrielle, yang diperankan oleh Renee O'Connor. Seksualitas karakter sengaja dibiarkan ambigu, tetapi dengan banyak ciuman yang dibagikan di antara keduanya, agak sulit untuk membantah komunitas fiksi penggemar pengiriman. Fakta menyenangkan: Penggemar Xena mempopulerkan istilah "Altfic" untuk menggambarkan fiksi penggemar romantis/erotis sesama jenis. 1995-2001 The rare case of a spin-off that exceeds the original, Xena: Warrior Princess was certainly a deeper show than Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, although that’s not saying much. Lucy Lawless was the main reason why, a certifiable badass with an awesome, chakram-like weapon that seemed to delight in defying every known law of motion. The series also became massively popular among the gay community for the perceived lesbian relationship or subtext between Xena and her companion, Gabrielle, played by Renee O’Connor. The sexuality of the characters was intentionally left ambiguous, but with this many kisses shared between the two, it’s a little hard to argue against the shipping fan-fiction community. Fun fact: Xena fans popularized the term “altfic” to describe same-sex romantic/erotic fan fiction. 61. Animaniacs60. 3rd Rock from the Sun
Years: 1993-1998 Animaniacs is unlike anything that came before or has really come again since, a series that truly blended sophomoric, silly humor with surprising wit and even some educational aspects. Also remembered for giving birth to Pinky and the Brain as supporting characters, Animaniacs functioned as a sketch show of sorts, with segments that touched on the legacy of cartooning, reveled in slapstick violence or were simply absurd for the sake of absurd—it was hard to ever know what you were going to get. The songs are the undeniable highlight, startlingly brilliant in their conception and performed with deftness by all three voice actors. Wakko’s song about state capitols set to the tune of “Turkey in the Straw” is particularly well remembered, but that’s nothing compared to the complexity of Yakko’s “Nations of the World” number. Years: 1996-2001 3rd Rock successfully took the Mork & Mindy premise and expanded it to an entire family unit of aliens who land on Earth and attempt to study mankind by blending in among them. There wasn’t much here that you would call “highbrow humor,” but the strong cast always made the best of things, especially Jonathan Lithgow as frenzied High Commander Dick Solomon and future A-lister Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tommy. Later seasons saw the aliens become more interested in their human lives than the mission at hand, and even had the bonus of appearances by the family’s supreme commander, “The Big Giant Head,” played by William Shatner. You gotta love the dual references to The Twilight Zone and its film adaptation that Shatner and Lithgow share in this scene. 59. Beverly Hills, 90210
Years: 1990-2000 Between 90210 and its spin-off Melrose Place, the primetime soap opera exploded in a big way in the 1990s. This one was about a family of Minnesota transplants arriving in Beverly Hills and the West Coast culture shock they (especially the kids) receive upon arriving in high school. Also known as “that show Shannon Doherty was on and then disappeared from,” her departure as one of the principal characters, Brenda, was explained as “moving away to London.” She was replaced by Tiffani Thiessen, jumping ship from Saved by the Bell to play a girl with quite a lot more attitude than preppy Kelly Kapowski. Of all its actors, you’ve probably seen Ian Ziering most recently as professional shark slayer Fin Shepard, via Sharknado. 58. Family Matters
Years: 1989-1998 Family Matters is the perfect example of a show that would have been nothing special without a single exceptional character, but the really amazing thing is that this break-out character, Steve Urkel, wasn’t even part of the initial show design. Rather, he was simply intended to be a one-time appearance as a nerdy kid who took Laura out on a date, but the reception was so strong that he quickly became a regular cast member. By the end of the second season, this pastiche of nerd tropes had become possibly the most popular and quoted character on all of primetime television, and Family Matters may as well have been renamed The Urkel Show. (In fact, I vividly remember people mistakenly referring to the show as Urkel.) The show could be exceedingly goofy at times, especially from season five onward when Steve would occasionally use his scientific know-how to transform himself into suave alter-ego “Stefan” in an extended Nutty Professor tribute. 57. Late Night With Conan O’Brien
Years: 1993-2009 Critics were not kind at all to Conan when the inexperienced writer of many a classic Simpsons episodes succeeded Dave Letterman as the host of Late Night in 1993, calling him awkward, geeky and untrained. O’Brien, however, grew quickly into one of television’s most respected talk show personalities. His Late Night was patently unlike the shows of Leno or Letterman, with a wilder, absurdist streak that focused more on comedic sketches than interview segments and weird, recurring characters like the infamous “masturbating bear,” among many others. There was more of a sense of originality and unique personality here, which flowed from O’Brien and his repartee with co-host/hype man Andy Richter, who left the show only to rejoin Conan when the show moved to TBS in 2010. 56. Rugrats
Years: 1991-2004 I have absolutely no idea how this show managed to soldier on for 13 years through various specials and movies, but I can confirm that in the early 1990s, there were few things my grade school self enjoyed more than a big block of Rugrats on Nickelodeon. The adventures of Tommy, Chuckie and the rest were dependent on some spectacular voice acting and a unique, instantly recognizable animation style full of comically exaggerated, bizarrely shaped characters. Some of the episodes were almost epic in nature—I vividly recall “Touchdown Tommy,” which parodies the Super Bowl as the entire gang engages in a huge melee while fighting over the holy grail: A bottle full of chocolate milk. Also wonderful was Reptar, the irradiated dinosaur/Godzilla spoof adored by all the babies. (Believe it or not, the dinosaur was somehow voiced by Busta Rhymes in The Rugrats Movie.) 55. Quantum Leap
Bertahun-tahun: 1989-1993 Benar-benar pertunjukan yang konyol Quantum Leap. Scott Bakula memerankan Dr. Sam Beckett, A & NBSP; fisikawan yang terjebak dalam loop waktu morphing setelah percobaan menjadi serba salah. Dalam setiap episode, ia melompat ke dalam tubuh orang lain (pria, wanita atau anak) dalam waktu sejarah yang berbeda dan harus "meletakkan apa yang pernah salah" sebelum melompat ke tubuh baru. Ini adalah struktur episodik yang sempurna, dan memungkinkan seri fiksi ilmiah untuk mengatur setiap episode secara harfiah dalam periode waktu dan mengatur rasanya seperti mengambil minggu itu. Demikian juga, mekanik pelompat tubuh berarti sejumlah bintang tamu dapat muncul dan Dr. Sam bisa pergi ke mana saja-dia bahkan melompat ke tubuh simpanse dalam satu episode. Namun, terlepas dari premis konyol, serial ini sebenarnya memiliki jumlah hati yang mengejutkan juga, sebagian besar termotivasi oleh tekad Beckett yang tidak pernah gagal untuk kembali ke waktu dan tubuhnya sendiri dan merebut kembali kehidupan dan identitasnya sendiri. Dalam beberapa hal, ini seperti versi perjalanan waktu & nbsp; tahanan. 1989-1993 What a goofy show Quantum Leap truly was. Scott Bakula plays Dr. Sam Beckett, a physicist who becomes trapped in a morphing time loop after an experiment gone awry. In each episode, he leaps into the body of another person (man, woman or child) in a different historical time and must “put right what once went wrong” before jumping into a new body. It’s perfect episodic structure, and it allowed the sci-fi series to set each episode in literally any time period and setting it felt like taking on that week. Likewise, the body-jumping mechanic meant any number of guest stars could appear and Dr. Sam could go anywhere—he even leaps into the body of a chimpanzee in one episode. Despite the silly premise, though, the series actually had a surprising amount of heart as well, largely motivated by Beckett’s unfailing resolve to return to his own time and body and reclaim his own life and identity. In some respects, it’s like a time-traveling version of The Prisoner. 54. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Tahun: 1993-1999 Deep Space Nine adalah percobaan dalam jenis properti Star Trek yang berbeda, yang tidak dibangun di sekitar pesawat ruang angkasa/kapal perang yang bepergian dan menjelajahi tepi alam semesta yang dikenal. Sebaliknya, DS9 adalah pos terdepan yang statis tetapi statis di mana utusan dari berbagai ras alien datang untuk berkumpul, perdagangan dan menjalankan bisnis. Acara ini menampilkan Panglima Tertinggi yang pertama dan masih ada sebagai protagonis utama dan terkenal karena keragaman pemeran alien dan karakter mereka yang jelas. Ini juga menangani topik -topik agama secara lebih efektif dan luas daripada seri Star Trek hingga saat ini, karena lubang cacing Bajoran di dekat DS9 merupakan bagian integral dari plot seri dan kepercayaan agama orang -orang Bajoran, beberapa di antaranya menjabat sebagai kru. Itu tidak pernah sepopuler generasi berikutnya, tetapi itu adalah tugas yang sulit untuk diikuti. 1993-1999 Deep Space Nine was an experiment in a different type of Star Trek property, one not built around a spaceship/warship traveling and exploring the edges of the known universe. Rather, DS9 was an advanced but static outpost where emissaries of various alien races came to congregate, trade and conduct business. The show featured the first and still only black commander-in-chief as lead protagonist and was noted for the diversity of its alien cast and their well-defined characters. It also tackled topics of religion more effectively and extensively than any of the Star Trek series to date, as the Bajoran Wormhole near DS9 was integral to both the series’ plot and the religious beliefs of the Bajoran people, several of whom served as crew. It was never quite as popular as Next Generation, but that was a tough assignment to follow. 53. Felicity
Years: 1998-2002 Felicity adalah pertunjukan tentang tumbuh di tahun-tahun kuliah seseorang dan transformasi yang dialami seorang wanita muda dari lulusan sekolah menengah yang bermata cerah menjadi orang dewasa yang masih baru. Keri Russell menakjubkan sebagai felicity yang cerdas tetapi impulsif, yang mengikuti naksir sekolah menengahnya ke perguruan tinggi di New York dan terjebak dalam (kejutan!) Segitiga cinta. Peringkat untuk musim kedua terjun tepat ketika Russell memotong ciri khasnya, ikal bahu, yang menyebabkan pernyataan bahwa potongan rambut Felicity adalah salah satu yang paling menghancurkan dalam sejarah TV. Namun, peringkat pulih saat rambutnya tumbuh kembali, dan Russell memenangkan dunia emas. Tetap saja, itu adalah pencukur yang agak dekat. 1998-2002 Felicity was a show all about growing up in one’s college years and the transformation a young woman undergoes from bright-eyed high school graduate to fledgling adult. Keri Russell was stunning as the intelligent but impulsive Felicity, who follows her high school crush to college in New York and gets caught up in (surprise!) a love triangle. Ratings for the second season plunged precipitously right as Russell cut off her trademark, shoulder-length curls, which led to the assertion that Felicity’s haircut was among the most devastating in TV history. However, ratings recovered as her hair grew back in, and Russell won herself a Golden Globe. Still, it was a rather close shave. 52. Pertunjukan Ren & Stimpy
Bertahun-tahun: 1991-1995 Sederhananya, ketika Ren & Stimpy pertama kali menabrak gelombang udara, hampir semua orang yang melihatnya harus mengakui bahwa mereka belum pernah melihat yang seperti itu sebelumnya. Seperti gambar Ralph Steadman yang mengerikan menjadi hidup, itu terbang seperti bom di Nickelodeon, sama sekali tidak seperti hal lain yang ditayangkan pada saat itu. Gambarannya yang menakutkan, bahasa yang keras, humor toilet, dan sindiran seksual yang tidak baru mengirim orang tua, tetapi pengaruhnya sama-sama meresap. Sulit membayangkan sebuah pertunjukan seperti South Park datang tanpa kartun subversif seperti Ren & Stimpy Paving di jalan. Itu tetap salah satu klasik kultus yang paling abadi di dekade ini. 1991-1995 Put simply, when Ren & Stimpy first hit the airwaves, pretty much everyone who saw it had to admit they’d never seen anything like it before. Like a nightmarish Ralph Steadman drawing come to life, it flew in like a bomb on Nickelodeon, completely unlike anything else they were airing at the time. Its frightening imagery, harsh language, toilet humor and out-of-nowhere sexual innuendo sent parents into fits, but its influence was equally pervasive. It’s hard to imagine a show like South Park coming along without a subversive cartoon such as Ren & Stimpy paving the way. It remains one of the decade’s most enduring cult classics. 51. Dunia Nyata
Bertahun-tahun: 1992-sekarang ya, mereka masih membuat dunia nyata-siapa yang tahu? Namun, di awal tahun 90 -an, dunia nyata adalah penunjukan yang melihat untuk generasi MTV, Gen. Xers yang sarkastik. Sebagai salah satu nenek moyang TV realitas modern, sulit untuk melebih -lebihkan betapa berpengaruhnya dunia nyata. Ini adalah premis yang sederhana - mengumpulkan sekelompok anak muda yang menarik dan gila dan membuat mereka hidup bersama di sebuah rumah dengan kamera - tetapi itu menandakan perubahan besar dalam penyiaran arus utama karena produser menyadari bahwa seseorang tidak perlu, katakanlah, “Aktor profesional "Atau" cerita "atau" set "untuk membuat fenomena. Yang dibutuhkan, ternyata, adalah sekelompok orang muda yang mabuk dan bodoh membuat keputusan yang buruk untuk tetap mengudara selama 29 musim. 1992-Present Yep, they’re still making The Real World—who knew? Back in the early ’90s, though, The Real World was appointment viewing for the MTV generation, those sarcastic Gen. Xers. As one of the progenitors of modern reality TV, it’s hard to overstate how influential The Real World is. It’s such a simple premise—gather together a bunch of attractive, crazy young people and make them live together in a house with cameras—but it signaled a massive shift in mainstream broadcasting as producers realized one didn’t need, say, “professional actors” or “stories” or “sets” in order to create a phenomena. All one needs, as it turns out, is a bunch of drunk, stupid young people making poor decisions to stay on the air for 29 seasons. 50. Laboratorium Dexter
Years: 1996-2003 Laboratorium Dexter adalah salah satu perhiasan mahkota dari serial asli Cartoon Network tahun 90-an, yang dibuat oleh animator visioner Genndy Tartakovsky, yang kemudian akan membuat Samurai Jack yang sama-sama cemerlang. Ada kebebasan untuk pertunjukan ini, perasaan bahwa apa pun dapat dan akan terjadi di dunia jenius/ilmuwan, yang segera tersirat oleh urutan pembukaan klasiknya yang tanpa kata-kata dengan musik gothic, Danny Elfman yang terdengar. Alat peraga besar juga untuk Christine Cavanaugh, yang memberikan suara hidung, aksen Dexter, yang membuatnya terdengar seperti miniatur, Peter Lorre Histrionik. Penampilannya adalah bagian besar dari pesona pertunjukan yang berkelanjutan. 1996-2003 Dexter’s Laboratory is one of the crown jewels of Cartoon Network’s mid-’90s original series, created by visionary animator Genndy Tartakovsky, who would later go on to make the equally brilliant Samurai Jack. There was a freedom to this show, a sense that anything could and would happen in the boy genius/scientist’s realm, which is immediately implied by its classic, wordless opening sequence with its gothic, Danny Elfman-sounding music. Huge props also to Christine Cavanaugh, who provided the nasal, unexplainably accented voice of Dexter, which made him sound like a miniature, histrionic Peter Lorre. Her performance is a huge part of the show’s continued charm. 49. Pangeran Bel-Air yang segar
Tahun: 1990-1996 Lagu tema pembuka yang paling dicintai tahun 1990-an? Bisa jadi, menilai dari respons yang satu ini akan didapat secara harfiah setiap malam bar karaoke - dengan serius, cobalah saat berikutnya Anda berada di kota. Melihat seri ini dalam konteks tahun 1990, lucu untuk berpikir bahwa Will Smith sudah dipandang sebagai "Has-Been" dalam karier musiknya, seorang pria yang berusaha keras untuk tetap relevan dengan bergabung dengan sitkom. Tentu saja, ia akhirnya tertawa terakhir sebagai kisah ikan yang luar biasa tentang pangeran segar menjadi populer segera dan bertahan dalam sindikasi hingga hari ini. Smith kemudian menjadi elit Hollywood, dan seluruh negeri belajar menari Carlton. Semua orang menang. 1990-1996 Most beloved opening theme song of the 1990s? Could very well be, judging from the response this one will get at literally any bar karaoke night—seriously, try it the next time you’re out on the town. Looking at this series in the context of 1990, it’s funny to think that Will Smith was already sort of viewed as a “has-been” in his music career, a guy desperately trying to stay relevant by joining a sitcom. Of course, he ultimately had the last laugh as the fish-out-of-water story of Fresh Prince became popular immediately and survives in syndication to this day. Smith went on to become Hollywood elite, and the rest of the country learned to dance The Carlton. Everyone wins. 48. The Powerpuff Girls
TAHUN: 1998-2005 Tentang Inspeksi Pertama Gadis-gadis powerpuff tampak seperti pertunjukan yang hanya dianggap sebagai "pahlawan super untuk gadis-gadis kecil," tetapi Anda akan menemukan banyak pria dari segala usia sebagai bagian dari basis penggemar nostalgia pada tahun 2014. Itu hampir Seperti serial superhero "Tokusatsu" Jepang era 60-an, dengan tiga gadis berharga yang tampak retro melawan berbagai supervillain atau monster dalam seminggu, tetapi pada saat yang sama mereka juga harus berurusan dengan masalah yang dihadapi oleh anak-anak muda lainnya seperti, Aku tidak peduli, tidur dalam satu episode. Serial ini mendapat manfaat dari beberapa penjahat hebat yang akhirnya menjadi sepopuler Powerpuff Girls sendiri, terutama Simian Mojo Jojo dan monster Hillbilly yang aneh "Fuzzy Lumpkins." 1998-2005 On first inspection The Powerpuff Girls seems like a show simply conceived as “superheroes for little girls,” but you’d find just as many men of all ages as part of its nostalgic fan base in 2014. It was almost like a ’60s-era Japanese “tokusatsu” superhero serial, with three precious, retro-looking girls fighting various supervillains or monsters of the week, but at the same time they also had to deal with issues faced by other young children such as, I shit you not, BEDWETTING in one episode. The series benefitted from a few great villains that ended up becoming as popular as the Powerpuff Girls themselves, primarily the simian Mojo JoJo and the bizarre hillbilly monster “Fuzzy Lumpkins.” 47. Murphy Brown
Bertahun-tahun: 1988-1998 dengan tulang punggung yang jauh lebih banyak daripada kebanyakan komedi situasi, Murphy Brown jelas tidak takut untuk mengarungi wacana budaya dan politik saat ini dan memihak. Kisah tentang seorang reporter televisi yang dulak dengan rebus dan sebelumnya untuk acara majalah berita, itu adalah peran seumur hidup bagi Candice Bergen, yang memeras Emmy's dan Golden Globes untuk karakter masam, sering kali kejam. Murphy Brown bahkan berakhir dalam berita sehingga sering diejek ketika Wakil Presiden Dan Quayle mengkritik penggambaran acara orang tua tunggal dalam pidato 1992, yang mengarah ke seluruh episode yang didedikasikan untuk menyangkal dia. Bagi sitkom untuk mengambil sikap terbuka seperti itu praktis tidak terpikirkan, tetapi Murphy Brown adalah program yang berkomitmen pada cita -citanya dan juga hiburan. 1988-1998 With quite a lot more backbone than most sitcoms, Murphy Brown was patently unafraid to wade into the current cultural and political discourse and take sides. The story of a hard-boiled, formerly alcoholic television reporter for a news magazine show, it was the role of a lifetime for Candice Bergen, who racked up Emmy’s and Golden Globes for the wry, often ruthless character. Murphy Brown even ended up in the news it so often mocked when Vice President Dan Quayle criticized the show’s depiction of single-parent households in a 1992 speech, leading to an entire episode dedicated toward refuting him. For a sitcom to take such an overt stance was practically unthinkable, but Murphy Brown was a program committed to its ideals as well as entertainment. 46. Gila tentang Anda
Bertahun-tahun: 1992-1999 Setiap sitkom selalu memiliki beberapa humor hubungan di dalamnya, tetapi marah tentang Anda seperti personifikasi 90-an dari humor hubungan. Pernikahan di pusatnya antara Paul Reiser dan Helen Hunt dimulai pada tahap pengantin baru ketika keduanya masih belum menemukan kekurangan satu sama lain, dan penonton ada untuk setiap langkah yang menyakitkan dan wahyu di sepanjang jalan. Itu tidak selalu merupakan pertunjukan yang paling mendebarkan, tetapi tidak ada pernikahan. Gila tentang Anda adalah jenis pertunjukan yang Anda tonton bersama pasangan Anda yang berdegup kencang, menunjukkan berapa banyak keanehan yang sama yang Anda bagikan - dengan tepat bagaimana itu digambarkan di Seinfeld, omong -omong. Helen Hunt khususnya benar-benar tumbuh menjadi karakternya dari waktu ke waktu, menempuh kemenangan Emmy yang tak terputus dari 1996-1999. 1992-1999 Every sitcom invariably has some relationship humor in it, but Mad About You is like the ’90s personification of relationship humor. The marriage at its center between Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt begins in the newlywed stage when the two have still yet to discover each other’s flaws, and the audience is there for every painful and revelatory step along the way. It wasn’t always the most thrilling show, but neither is marriage. Mad About You was the kind of show you watched alongside your clucking spouse, pointing out how many of the same idiosyncrasies you shared—exactly how it was depicted on Seinfeld, by the way. Helen Hunt in particular really grew into her character over time, going on an unbroken streak of Emmy wins from 1996-1999. 45. Tempat Melrose
Tahun: 1992-1999 Opera sabun muncul dalam beberapa kapasitas dalam setiap dekade, tetapi tahun 90-an adalah ketika mereka benar-benar menjadi prime time. Berputar dari Beverly Hills 90210 (beberapa orang tidak ingat bahwa sebagian besar 90210 karakter muncul di musim pertama), Melrose Place awalnya seharusnya menjadi jenis pertunjukan yang berbeda yang akan mengikuti semua karakter yang berbeda di gedung apartemen, dengan episode mandiri yang akan fokus pada satu penduduk pada satu waktu dan membungkus pada akhir pertunjukan. Ini bisa menjadi format yang menarik, tetapi terbukti tidak populer, dan alur cerita secara bertahap berubah untuk mencerminkan opera sabun yang lebih menonjol pada zamannya. Setelah karakter Heather Locklear Amanda Woodward menjadi seri reguler di musim kedua, pertunjukan ini mencapai langkahnya dan menjadi salah satu andalan Fox selama sisa dekade ini. 1992-1999 Soap operas show up in some capacity in every decade, but the ’90s was when they really went prime time. Spinning off from Beverly Hills 90210 (some folks don’t remember that most of the 90210 characters appear in season one), Melrose Place was originally supposed to be a different kind of a show that would follow all the different characters in an apartment building, with self-contained episodes that would focus on one resident at a time and wrap up by the end of the show. It could have been an interesting format, but it proved unpopular, and the storylines gradually changed to reflect the more prominent soap operas of its days. Once Heather Locklear’s character Amanda Woodward became a series regular in season two, the show hit its stride and became one of Fox’s mainstays for the rest of the decade. 44. Pagar piket
Bertahun-tahun: 1992-1996 Salah satu dramedies yang aneh di tahun 90-an, pagar piket sering kali merupakan pertunjukan yang tampaknya berada di ambang pembatalan, meskipun pujian kritis yang kuat. Berlangsung di kota kecil Roma, Wis., Itu mengikuti sheriff yang diperankan oleh Tom Skerritt yang umumnya mendapati dirinya menyelidiki situasi jauh di luar lingkup normal pekerjaan polisi pedesaan. Ini menampilkan beberapa pertunjukan pendukung yang lucu, terutama dari Fyvush Finkel sebagai pengacara Yahudi Douglas Wambaugh, tetapi dari semua eksentrisitasnya yang kecil saya paling menikmati nasib aneh yang diderita oleh walikota kota. Acara ini melewati tujuh walikota yang berbeda selama empat musim - mereka pada dasarnya memiliki umur drummer tap spinal. Metode kematian termasuk penembakan, pemenggalan kepala dan pembakaran manusia spontan. 1992-1996 One of the quirkier dramedies of the ’90s, Picket Fences was often a show seemingly on the verge of cancellation, despite strong critical praise. Taking place in the small town of Rome, Wis., it followed a sheriff played by Tom Skerritt who generally found himself investigating situations well outside the normal purview of rural police work. It featured some funny supporting performances, especially from Fyvush Finkel as Jewish lawyer Douglas Wambaugh, but of all its little eccentricities I most enjoyed the bizarre fates suffered by the town’s mayors. The show went through seven different mayors over the course of four seasons—they essentially had the lifespans of Spinal Tap drummers. Methods of demise included shooting, decapitation and spontaneous human combustion. 43. Hukum & Ketertiban
Years: 1990-2010 Law & Order, acara yang berjalan untuk 456 episode dan melahirkan tidak kurang dari empat spin-off tambahan di belakangnya. Yang asli tentu saja adalah yang terbaik dan paling klasik dari seri ini, salah satu prosedur polisi/pengadilan berpengaruh sepanjang masa dan salah satu seri aksi langsung yang paling lama berjalan sepanjang masa-praktis membuat wajah Jerry Orbach dan Sam Waterson identik dengan pertunjukan. Itu tetap relevan ketika bisa dengan menulis episode yang disusun di sekitar kasus pengadilan yang baru saja menjadi berita utama, dan karakter membangun warisan sedemikian rupa sehingga mereka menjadi matang untuk parodi. Contoh kasus: Waterson muncul sebagai "pendukung kompensasi" di salah satu iklan parodi SNL terbesar tahun 1990 -an, menggunakan kepribadiannya yang serius untuk berselingkuh untuk "Asuransi Robot Glory lama." 1990-2010 Law & Order, the show that ran for 456 episodes and spawned no fewer than four additional spin-offs in its wake. The original is of course the best and most classic of the series, one of the all-time influential police procedurals/court shows and one of the longest-running live action series of all time—it practically made the faces of Jerry Orbach and Sam Waterson synonymous with the show. It stayed relevant when it could by writing episodes structured around court cases that had just been in the headlines, and the characters built such legacies that they became ripe for parody. Case in point: Waterson appeared as a “compensated endorser” on one of the greatest SNL parody commercials of the 1990s, using his serious persona to shill for “Old Glory Robot Insurance.” 42. Chicago Hope
Tahun: 1994-2000 Kadang-kadang, sebuah pertunjukan ditakdirkan sejak awal untuk bermain biola kedua, dan ketika Anda seorang drama medis perdana dalam sehari dari episode pertama ER, Anda adalah biola kedua itu. Namun, Chicago Hope memiliki banyak hal untuk itu, dari kehadiran Mandy "Inigo Montoya" menyatukan dukungan kritis yang kuat. Sayangnya, itu naik langsung melawan UGD dalam time -timelot musim pertamanya dan kalah dalam peringkat dengan cukup mudah. Itu tetap merupakan pertunjukan yang cukup sukses untuk CBS di timeslots lain sementara Christine Lahti dan Peter Berg menetap sebagai pengunjung tetap dan favorit penggemar. Namun pada akhirnya, Chicago Hope dikenang sebagai drama yang bagus yang merupakan pertunjukan rumah sakit terbaik kedua tahun 90 -an. 1994-2000 Sometimes, a show is doomed from the very start to play second fiddle, and when you’re a medical drama premiering within a day of the first episode of ER, you are that second fiddle. Chicago Hope had plenty going for it, though, from the presence of Mandy “Inigo Montoya” Patinkin to strong critical support. Unfortunately, it went up directly against ER in its first season timeslot and lost in the ratings pretty handily. It remained a moderately successful show for CBS in other timeslots while Christine Lahti and Peter Berg settled in as series regulars and fan favorites. Ultimately though, Chicago Hope is remembered as a good drama that was just the second best hospital show of the ’90s. 41. The Wonder Years
Bertahun-tahun: 1988-1993 Agak aneh untuk menganggap tahun keajaiban sebagai pertunjukan tahun 80-an atau 90-an secara khusus karena diatur dalam tahun 1960-an yang ditimbulkan dengan sempurna, tetapi pada saat yang sama, hanya mendengar Joe Cocker mengambil “dengan sedikit Bantuan dari teman -teman saya ”segera membuat saya berpikir untuk menonton pertunjukan bersama keluarga saya di ruang tamu masa kecil saya. Acara ini menampilkan beberapa karakter yang paling berkembang dari sitkom apa pun, terutama karena narasi merek dagang oleh Daniel Stern, yang meneliti semua peristiwa dengan pengetahuan usia. Sebuah episode seperti "My Father's Office" masih merupakan hal yang indah dan nugget masa kecil yang dapat diidentifikasi - kesadaran bahwa ayah seseorang hanyalah seorang pria dan lebah pekerja, daripada seorang patriark dalam semua aspek kehidupannya. Tahun -tahun keajaiban dipenuhi dengan wahyu semacam itu. 1988-1993 It’s a little odd to think of The Wonder Years as an ’80s or ’90s show specifically because it was set in a perfectly evoked 1960s, but at the same time, just hearing Joe Cocker’s take on “With a Little Help From My Friends” immediately makes me think of watching the show with my family in my childhood living room. The show featured some of the best-developed characters of any sitcom, especially owing to the trademark narration by Daniel Stern, which examined all the events with the knowledge of age. An episode like “My Father’s Office” is still a beautiful thing and such an identifiable nugget of childhood—the realization that one’s father is just a man and a worker bee, rather than a patriarch in all aspects of his life. The Wonder Years was filled with those kinds of revelations. 40. Menikah… dengan anak -anak
Bertahun-tahun: 1987-1997 Setiap era memiliki pertunjukan "alis-alis rendah", dan untuk akhir tahun 80-an dan sebagian besar tahun 90-an, pertunjukan itu sudah menikah ... dengan anak-anak. Tidak seperti tugas Ed O'Neil saat ini pada keluarga modern, benar-benar tidak ada kecerdasan atau moral yang bisa didapat di sini, hanya komentar kasar tentang keadaan keluarga kelas bawah Amerika di awal tahun 90-an. Al Bundy adalah pria yang sederhana, dan dia memiliki sedikit karakteristik penebusan: dia murah, dia pecundang, dia adalah calon para philanderer yang tertekan, tapi sialan jika orang tidak bisa mengidentifikasi dengan karung sedih dan pencariannya untuk hanya menaruh makanan di atas Meja dengan cukup uang tersisa untuk bir. Ini adalah jenis pertunjukan yang menerima sejumlah cemoohan dari literati untuk seluruh pelariannya tetapi diingat hari ini dengan kesukaan oleh siapa saja yang ingin membunuh setengah jam pada Minggu malam dengan beberapa tawa yang tidak berbahaya. 1987-1997 Each era has its “low-brow classic” show, and for the late ’80s and most of the ’90s, that show was Married…with Children. Unlike Ed O’Neil’s current stint on Modern Family, there’s really no wit or morals to be had here, just a crass commentary on the state of the lower-class American family in the early ’90s. Al Bundy is a simple man, and he has few redeeming characteristics: He’s cheap, he’s a loser, he’s a depressed would-be philanderer, but damn if people couldn’t identify with the sad sack and his quest to simply put meals on the table with enough money left over for beer. It’s the kind of show that received heaping amounts of scorn from the literati for its entire run but is remembered today with fondness by just about anyone who wanted to kill a half hour on a Sunday night with a few harmless laughs. 39. L.A. Hukum
TAHUN: 1986-1994 L.A. Hukum adalah seperti hukum & ketertiban dengan selera humor. Dengan cekatan menggabungkan drama dan komedi, seringkali dalam episode yang sama, itu membuat bintang Corbin Bernson khususnya sebagai pengacara perceraian wanita, Arnie Becker. Tapi sungguh, semua orang di acara ini adalah feminisasi atau bermanisi? —Dan berbagai perselingkuhan antara anggota pemeran adalah salah satu faktor utama yang terus berjalan. Namun, ini juga bisa sangat topikal, terutama pada tahun 1992 ketika serangkaian episode menangani kerusuhan balap yang sedang berlangsung yang berpusat di sekitar pemukulan Rodney King. Delapan tahun setelah pertunjukan berakhir, karakter mendapat satu pengiriman terakhir dalam film TV 2002 di NBC. 1986-1994 L.A. Law was sort like Law & Order with a sense of humor. Deftly combining drama and comedy, often within the same episode, it made a star of Corbin Bernson in particular as the womanizing divorce attorney, Arnie Becker. But really, everyone on this show was either womanizing or—maninizing?—and the various infidelities between cast members was one of the main factors that kept it going. It could also be very topical at times, though, most notably in 1992 when a series of episodes tackled the ongoing race riots centered around the beating of Rodney King. Eight years after the show ended, the characters got one final send-off in a 2002 TV movie on NBC. 38. Raja Bukit
Tahun: 1997-2010 Ketika Anda benar-benar mempertimbangkan sifat dan kepribadian karakter, orang tidak dapat membantu tetapi menyadari bahwa King of the Hill jujur adalah salah satu pertunjukan animasi paling unik baik tahun 1990-an dan 2000-an. Sebutkan satu sitkom populer yang sudah berjalan lama di mana protagonis-orang-orang yang setidaknya kita sukai, jika tidak setuju-adalah individu yang konservatif dan redneck ringan. Anda tidak dapat melakukannya, karena King of the Hill memanfaatkan aspek etos Amerika yang sering diejek dan membuat karakter -karakter itu lucu, manusia. Dengan pengecualian Peggy (yang bisa menjadi pil asli dengan sedikit kualitas penebusan), karakter di King of the Hill adalah orang -orang yang benar -benar baik, bahkan ketika mereka sedikit terlalu bersemangat. Tetapi pada akhirnya, Hank selalu secara mendasar melakukan hal yang benar, bahkan jika itu melibatkan ancaman untuk "menendang pantat Anda" secara teratur. 1997-2010 When you really consider the traits and personalities of the characters, one can’t help but realize that King of the Hill is honestly one of the most unique animated shows of both the 1990s and 2000s. Name one other popular, long-running sitcom where the protagonists—people we at least like, if not agree with—are staunch conservative, mildly redneck individuals. You can’t do it, because King of the Hill tapped into an aspect of the American ethos that is often ridiculed and made those characters funny, human everymen. With the possible exception of Peggy (who can be a real pill with few redeeming qualities), the characters on King of the Hill are really decent people, even when they’re a little overzealous. But in the end, Hank always fundamentally does the right thing, even if that does involve threats to “kick your ass” on a disturbingly regular basis. 37. Ellen
Years: 1994-1998 It’s kind of interesting to look at random episodes of Ellen from different periods because few sitcoms have ever been so defined by a single, revelatory episode. There are all of the early Ellen episodes from the first few seasons, which simply deal with her life as a quirky bookstore owner with goofy friends … and then there’s everything after “The Puppy Episode.” It was so named because network execs were frustrated at the lack of progress in the character’s dating life and suggested maybe she should “get a puppy.” That’s exactly when Ellen DeGeneres dropped her big bombshell—she wanted to come out of the closet as a lesbian, both in real life and as her character, Ellen Morgan. The resulting episode guest-starred Laura Dern as the woman who turns Ellen’s life inside out, and suffice to say it was an event. Protestors mobilized, awards were doled out in rapid succession, and the depiction of coming out of the closet on TV was never the same again. 36. Northern Exposure
Years: 1990-1995 Charmingly eccentric, Northern Exposure was a classic fish-out-of-water story about a young, New York Jewish doctor transplanted to the small town of Cicely, Alaska, where the moose roamed free. There, he struggled to adapt while hobnobbing with the quirky locals, such as ex-con turned disc jockey Chris Stevens or alluring bush pilot Maggie O’Connell. One might almost say the show was a small-town comedy-drama with a hint of, say, Fargo in it. It certainly performed well critically, racking up nominations in all the major awards and taking home a few Emmy’s and Golden Globes during its five-year run. It may have gone on longer if lead actor Rob Morrow hadn’t held out in contract disputes with CBS, leading to the introduction of other “lead characters” in the final season. 35. Spin City
Years: 1996-2002 Spin City was in many ways the last hurrah for Michael J. Fox in a full-time gig before his semi-retirement due to the ongoing battle with Parkinson’s Disease, and it was a fitting send-off to an actor who accomplished a whole lot before his 40th birthday. A great political comedy, it skewered the city politics of New York, with Fox playing the city’s deputy mayor, the guy with all the “real power.” Veteran character actor Richard Kind got serious time to shine as antagonistic press secretary Paul Lassiter, and the show even featured a gay black character, certainly a rarity in just about any decade. Fox, of course, was as charming as he was always capable of being. After he left the show, Charlie Sheen of all people stepped in to play the new deputy mayor, but things just weren’t the same. 34. Mystery Science Theater 3000
Years: 1988-1999 This might be the most clever, best-written comedy program of the decade. In fact, strike “might,” because MST3k was nothing short of brilliant in its skewering of pop culture minutia and general poor filmmaking. With a framing device about a man shot into space and forced to endure terrible films, the show made the best of its limited resources by employing great voice acting and even better writing to mock nearly 200 of the worst films ever made. Its impact is vast—would anyone even know about Manos: The Hands of Fate today without MST3k? Likewise, the thing that makes it so impressive (and so rewatchable today) is the timelessness of most of the jokes about filmmaking, along with the diversity in joke backgrounds. This wasn’t just a show for geeks—jokes range from sports and movies to politics or simply memorable TV commercials. The sheer breadth of the show’s humor is practically unparalleled. 33. Mr. Show With Bob and David
Years: 1995-1998 Literally every sketch comedy show that has come along since 1995 would cite Mr. Show as not only an influence but a major influence. Certainly, there could be no Key & Peele or Tim and Eric without the revolutionary, absurdist format that Bob Odenkirk and David Cross pioneered here, along with help from lots of great bit players such as Tom Kenny. Each episode’s individual continuity is striking, as some bizarre through-line was almost always carried out from beginning to end. Most of the individual sketches are likewise timeless, not bound to pop culture or whatever was in the news. This hipster parody is about 20 years old, and it still seems like something that came out last week on Portlandia. “It’s so pure, it hurts!” 32. Beavis and Butt-head
Years: 1993-1997 Certainly, there could be no South Park without Beavis and Butt-head, the show that redefined what you could get away with in the realm of animation. The title characters are moronic teenagers with absolutely no sense of empathy or social consciousness, whose only goals in life are to watch TV, eat junk food and hopefully “score” one day. Nevertheless, Beavis and Butt-head always had the ability to be oddly astute at times, especially when the boys would deconstruct MTV music videos with an unexplainably expanded vocabulary. The episodes have aged pretty well, and there’s just a stupid pleasure in watching the pair wreck the lives of everyone they come across. The series even led into a surprisingly funny feature film, Beavis and Butt-head Do America, which I’ve seen more times than I care to admit. 31. Home Improvement
Years: 1991-1999 This is the quintessentially dumb, cheesy but somehow entertaining sitcom of the 1990s. No one has ever described Home Improvement as a smart or cleverly written show, but we all watched it at some point. The characterizations are super broad—Tim Allen as the grunting but luckless alpha male handy man, his wife Jill the constant stick-in-the-mud and three young boys full of trouble and mischief. Perhaps it was the kids who really made the series a ratings juggernaut on ABC—Jonathan Taylor Thomas in particular became “that kid” in mid-’90s Hollywood. Regardless, there’s a lot of folks out there with fond memories of silly “Tool Time” bits such as the “man’s kitchen” or “man’s bathroom.” Just thinking about it has the funky, flute and grunt-driven opening theme music running on a loop in my head. 30. The Larry Sanders Show
Years: 1992-1998 The Larry Sanders Show was basically the result of a skilled stand-up comedian taking everything he knew about every facet of the entertainment business and throwing it into a blender set to “puree.” Gary Shandling played late night TV host Larry Sanders, just as he had done in real life as a Tonight Show guest-host. Other comedians and well-known actors appeared as guests, playing exaggerated or satirical versions of themselves, toying with audience expectations. Its combination of deadpan humor and “behind the scenes” setting made it an obvious influence on series such as The Office and 30 Rock in particular, because no joke was “too meta.” One of the first great successes in original programming for HBO, it remains the standard by which many comedy series on premium TV networks are judged. 29. Oz
Years: 1997-2003 Certainly a “water cooler show” if there ever was one, Oz made waves with its violence and sexual content early on and its equally deep and disturbing storytelling once people got over the fact that it was set in a maximum security prison. It’s probably safe to say that there’s an entire subset of former viewers out there who think of every prison and prison caricature in terms of what they saw on Oz, from the racial gangs to the unpredictable violence and stress of daily living. A truly ensemble cast was one of the selling points for the large and ambitious HBO series, which showed that an adult-content drama could still turn great ratings. The fact that it was on a premium network was essential, allowing a much deeper (and more realistic) depiction of the horrors of incarceration in the United States. 28. In Living Color
Years: 1990-1994 Created by Keenan and Damon Wayans, In Living Color was seemingly meant to offer an alternative to sketch comedy shows such as SNL, whose casts have always had a tendency to feature “one black guy” until recent years. By contrast, there were only two white actors on In Living Color, but its legacy as an important show in black culture was somewhat mitigated by the fact that one of those white actors was a young Jim Carrey, then credited as “James,” who went on to become the show’s biggest star before using it as a springboard to feature film fame. There were plenty of other people doing great things on In Living Color, though, from all the significant musical acts (Tupac Shakur, Mary J. Blige, Public Enemy) to the dance team, which featured a young, unknown Jennifer Lopez. As a launching pad alone, it remains one of the most significant sketch shows of the ’90s. 27. The Practice
Years: 1996-2004 In the courtroom, The Practice bears a bit more similarity to the staid presence of Law & Order than the often wacky hijinks of L.A. Law, except it likely had more genuine heart than either of those shows. The Practice succeeded because it truly liked to dive into the motivations of its characters as they attempted to operate their exceedingly busy and challenging Boston law firm. The series made Dylan McDermott a TV star as the idealistic senior partner, Bobby Donnell, a complex character who was simultaneously the show’s moral center while often being forced to make contradictory decisions for the sake of the firm. It was the finest pure legal drama of the ’90s. 26. Grace Under Fire
Years: 1993-1998 Grace Under Fire offered so much deeper a character and background than almost any other female-fronted sitcom of its decade: Brett Butler’s Grace was a true outlier among sitcom characters. As a former alcoholic and current single mother, that was enough to make her stand out, but for most of the show’s early run she was also a blue-collar worker, just an average “Joe” working pipelines at a local oil refinery. It was the exact sort of background that so often would have been given to a man in a sitcom, and it made everything seem so much more genuine. Unfortunately, real life intervened after three seasons, and Butler’s painkiller addiction led to several cast members leaving, including one of the kids who played her son, Quentin. Ratings declined sharply, but during its first few seasons, Grace Under Fire was something refreshingly different. 25. Batman: serial animasi
Years: 1992-1995 Sederhananya, ini dengan mudah adalah seri superhero animasi terbaik sepanjang masa-tidak ada yang lain bahkan memasuki diskusi. Itu tampak benar -benar cantik, membangkitkan estetika yang sama sekali baru bagi alam semesta Gotham yang menggabungkan Art Deco dan arsitektur Gotik menjadi keseluruhan yang mengerikan. Akting suara berada pada level yang sama sekali berbeda, sampai -sampai penggambaran Batman (Kevin Conroy) dan Joker (Mark Hamill) telah menjadi suara yang mendefinisikan mutlak dari setiap karakter dalam semua animasi sejak itu. Hamill sendiri akan menjadikan ini seri Batman terbaik - Joker -nya sangat gila, sangat berbeda dari aspek psikotik dari Say, Heath Ledger di The Dark Knight. Joker ini benar -benar tentang lelucon, dan tidak ada yang melakukan tawa Joker gila yang lebih baik daripada Hamill - selamanya. 1992-1995 Put simply, this is easily the best animated superhero series of all time—nothing else even enters the discussion. It looked absolutely gorgeous, evoking a whole new aesthetic for the Gotham universe that merged art deco and gothic architecture into a macabre whole. The voice acting was on an entirely different level, to the point that the portrayals of both Batman (Kevin Conroy) and The Joker (Mark Hamill) have become the absolute defining sounds of each character in all animation since. Hamill alone would make this the best Batman series—his Joker is gleefully maniacal, quite different from the psychotic aspect of say, Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight. This Joker is truly about the joke, and nobody has done a better maniacal Joker laugh than Hamill—ever. 24. Anak -anak di aula
Bertahun-tahun: 1989-1995 Mungkin bahkan lebih aneh secara keseluruhan daripada Mr. Show, Kids in the Hall adalah pertunjukan sketsa paling luar biasa di tahun 90-an. Benar -benar berkomitmen pada yang absurd, itu lebih sedikit mengandalkan format pertunjukan yang lebih besar seperti SNL, dengan peniruan selebriti dan parodi budaya pop langsung. Sebaliknya, pertunjukan itu semua tentang karakternya yang aneh dan hanya kebebasan umum untuk dapat melakukan apa pun yang diinginkan setiap minggu. Lihat saja “Mr. Tyzik, ”karakter misanthropis yang lelucon utamanya hanya berdiri di kejauhan dan membayangkan dia menghancurkan kepala orang lain di antara jari-jarinya, atau" wanita ayam "setengah manusia yang sama sekali tidak menyadari bagaimana penampilannya yang mengerikan menakutkan orang lain. Tak perlu dikatakan bahwa banyak sketsa yang benar -benar macet, tetapi kreativitas dan sifatnya yang sering mengganggu dari karya terbaik mereka memberikan suasana yang sangat unik. 1989-1995 Probably even weirder overall than Mr. Show, Kids in the Hall was the most out-there sketch show of the ’90s. Truly committed to the absurd, it relied much less on the formats of bigger shows such as SNL, with its celebrity impersonations and direct pop culture parodies. Instead, the show was all about its bizarre characters and just the general freedom of seemingly being able to do whatever it wanted on a weekly basis. Just look at “Mr. Tyzik,” the misanthropic character whose main gag was simply standing at a distance and imagining he was crushing the heads of others between his fingers, or the half-human “chicken lady” who is totally unaware of how her horrifying appearance frightens others. It goes without saying that plenty of the sketches totally misfire, but the creativity and often disturbing nature of their best work gave the show a very unique atmosphere. 23. Futurama
Years: 1999-2003 (lari pertama) benar-benar kurang dihargai dalam menjalankan aslinya, yang baru saja menangkap akhir tahun 90-an, orang merasa bahwa Futurama pada awalnya menderita dari harapan yang salah tempat. Mengetahui itu berasal dari Matt Groening, mungkin orang -orang mengharapkan versi futuristik dari The Simpsons, tetapi Futurama pada dasarnya berbeda dalam beberapa aspek. Meskipun serupa dalam pencerahan satirnya kehidupan sehari -hari dan media modern (atau futuristik), itu juga mampu secara mengejutkan - bahkan mengejutkan - kadang -kadang emosional. Tanyakan saja pada siapa pun yang mengingat akhir dari "Kulit Jurassic" atau "Keberuntungan Fryrish," di antara episode lainnya. Demikian juga, kontinuitas mandiri tidak seperti hampir setiap sitkom animasi lainnya, dengan peristiwa yang berlangsung dalam menjalankan pertama dan kedua di TV yang secara fundamental mempengaruhi persepsi penonton tentang poin plot sebelumnya. Sekarang diakui sebagai salah satu komedi animasi terbaik yang pernah ada. 1999-2003 (first run) Totally underappreciated in its original run, which just caught the tail end of the ’90s, one gets the sense that Futurama at first suffered from misplaced expectations. Knowing it was coming from Matt Groening, perhaps people expected a futuristic version of The Simpsons, but Futurama is fundamentally different in quite a few aspects. Although it was similar in its satirical lampooning of modern (or futuristic) daily life and media, it was also capable of being surprisingly—even shockingly—emotional at times. Just ask anyone who remembers the end of “Jurassic Bark” or “The Luck of the Fryrish,” among other episodes. Likewise, its self-contained continuity was unlike almost every other animated sitcom, with events unfolding in both its first and second run on TV that fundamentally affected the viewer’s perception of earlier plot points. It’s now rightly recognized as one of the best animated comedies ever. 22. Roseanne
Bertahun-tahun: 1988-1997 Pertunjukan seperti menikah ... dengan anak-anak itu lucu kerah biru, tetapi Roseanne adalah pertunjukan dengan hati kerah biru. Konsep rumah tangga dua orang tua dengan kedua orang tua yang bekerja cukup unik di dunia sitkom, tetapi bahkan dengan Roseanne dan Dan keduanya bekerja penuh waktu, pertunjukan ini adalah potret keluarga yang hanya berjuang dan menggesek untuk bertahan , sambil menjaga humor dan kesopanan dasar mereka tetap utuh. Tentu, mereka bisa menjadi sedikit kasar di kali, tapi siapa yang tidak? Roseanne Barr memiliki perbedaan menjadi salah satu karakter wanita pertama yang benar -benar populer di TV yang keberhasilan karakternya tidak didasarkan pada daya tarik estetika mereka, dan juga salah satu karakter wanita pertama yang disukai yang “mengenakan celana” di dalam dirinya rumah tangga, seolah -olah. Dan penonton merespons dengan cara yang sangat besar, menjadikannya salah satu hit terbesar di TV untuk 222 episode. 1988-1997 A show like Married…with Children was blue-collar funny, but Roseanne was the show with blue-collar heart. The concept of a two-parent household with both parents working was unique enough in the world of sitcoms, but even with both Roseanne and Dan both working full-time jobs, this show was a portrait of a family just struggling and scraping to get by, all while keeping their good humor and basic decency intact. Sure, they could be a little crude at times, but who isn’t? Roseanne Barr had the distinction of being one of the first really, really popular female characters on TV whose character’s success wasn’t based on their aesthetic appeal, and likewise one of the first widely liked female characters who was “wearing the pants” in her household, as it were. And audiences responded in a huge way, making it one of the biggest hits on TV for 222 episodes. 21. Freaks and Geeks
Years: 1999-2000 Tidak ada banyak komedi atau drama yang pernah melakukan lebih banyak dengan 18 episode (hanya 12 yang disiarkan dalam menjalankan awal) daripada Freaks and Geeks, salah satu pertunjukan kultus paling berpengaruh dalam sejarah. SMA tidak pernah dikritik dengan negativitas pedas - ini menunjukkan kenangan yang dikeruk yang sebagian besar remaja tahun 1980 -an mungkin lebih suka terus terkubur di kedalaman alam bawah sadar mereka. Karakternya canggung, dan itu bukan "TV canggung" - kami berbicara tentang orang -orang yang sangat ditantang dalam pencarian mereka untuk hanya menyesuaikan diri dan melewati hari, menikmati kemenangan kecil yang diberikan untuk orang aneh atau Geeks. Acara ini bisa membuat momen paling kecil tampak sangat penting dan menggunakan sifat kecil untuk menanamkan kemanusiaan yang dalam dalam karakternya. Saksikan saja, Bill Haverchuck, Bill Haverchuck, membungkuk di rumah sebelum hari-harinya dijemput oleh set stand-up Gary Shandling. Orang dapat dengan mudah membayangkan pencipta seri Paul Feig atau Judd Apatow melakukan hal yang sama persis di tahun -tahun sekolah menengah mereka. 1999-2000 There aren’t many comedies or dramas that have ever done more with 18 episodes (only 12 broadcast in the initial run) than Freaks and Geeks, one of the most influential cult shows in history. High school had never been caricatured with such scathing negativity—this show dredged up memories that most teens of the 1980s would probably have preferred to keep buried down in the depths of their subconscious. The characters are awkward, and it’s not “TV awkward”—we’re talking about people seriously challenged in their quest to simply fit in and get through the day, relishing the tiny victories afforded to either freaks or geeks. The show could make the most minuscule moments seem so momentous and use a small trait to infuse such deep humanity in its characters. Just watch hopeless geek Bill Haverchuck slouch through the house before having his day picked up by a Gary Shandling stand-up set. One can easily imagine series creators Paul Feig or Judd Apatow doing the exact same in their high school years. 20. Cheers
Years: 1982-1992 Cheers is certainly an ’80s show first and foremost, but one can’t ignore its final four seasons and especially its 90-minute finale, one of the most watched episodes in television history. Like many long-running sitcoms, the Cheers of 1992 was really a fundamentally different show than it was in 1982, less about the dating life of Ted Danson’s Sam and much more of an ensemble device, full of characters who were by this point beloved by all. The final years of Cheers were when all these characters got to shine, especially Rhea Perlman as Carla and Kelsey Grammer, who joined the cast full-time before spinning off into Frasier. The finale episode received mixed reactions at the time, but nostalgia has pushed it into favorable territory, especially given the happy endings that most characters receive. The fact that Sam decides not to get married and stays with the bar is the right decision—it is of course his “one true love.” 19. NewsRadio
Years: 1995-1999 Very much in the mold of WKRP in Cincinnati, NewsRadio was set at a radio station populated by an eccentric staff of dreamers, blow-hards and troublemakers. The main character is young news director Dave Nelson, played by Kids in the Hall’s Dave Foley, the classic calming presence who is at the eye of the storm around him. This show was a playground for character actors to run wild, such as Stephen Root as station owner Jimmy James and Phil Hartman in one of his best and final roles before his shocking 1998 murder. Storylines and individual episodes could be pretty weird as well—later in its run, the series even did a few “what if” episodes that imagined the WYNX staff in different times and places, including an episode that had them running the radio station on an orbiting space station. 18. Sports Night
Years: 1998-2000 A Sportscenter parody was a pretty ripe idea for a comedy-drama when Aaron Sorkin dreamed it up in the late ’90s, but unlike other Sorkin gems such as The West Wing, Sports Night never ended up finding the popular appeal to match its critical acclaim. One gets the sense that it could have gone over better had it been more squarely in the hands of its creators, but in its first season, ABC insisted the show be a comedy first and foremost. Over time, the laugh track was eliminated and the show began to incorporate many more of the stylistic choices that one would see on other Sorkin shows, such as the witty, fast-paced repartee and the tendency to “walk and talk.” Perhaps this could have eventually breathed some new life into the series, but by 2000 The West Wing was taking off as a hit show and Sorkin left to focus on a sure thing. Sports Night was left behind as a program that displayed a ton of promise but didn’t quite manage to harness it. 17. Everybody Loves Raymond
Years: 1996-2005 Everybody Loves Raymond was the quintessential “family/marriage sitcom” of its decade, never genre-bending but generally solid, always dependable. The insecurities of its characters were certainly relatable, from Ray’s struggles to assert himself in any facet of his life to the general concerns of age and sexual inadequacy. Between them, Ray and Debra seemed like people who could easily be living across the street from you, which was the whole idea. Of course, the characters of Ray’s parents and his brother Robert were just as important if not more so at times—look no further than the show’s Emmy history, where Doris Roberts and Brad Garrett led the series in wins. If Ray is the gravitational center of the show, Garrett is the heart and Roberts is the verve. 16. The X-Files
Years: 1993-2002 Few series projected a sense of mystery as well as The X-Files, which had fans literally begging for any scrap of information on where its central story was going for most of its run. The flipside is, of course, that it could be frustrating at times, whether it was because of the central story or a weak “monster of the weak” entry. Individual episodes, though, remain both masterpieces and cultural touchstones of science fiction, whether it’s the disturbing familial story “Home” or the black-and-white Frankenstein narrative “The Post-Modern Prometheus,” both of which prove the show’s range in terms of the stories it chose to tell each week. No discussion of science fiction or horror on TV in the ’90s can be held without devoting a large chunk to The X-Files. 15. My So-Called Life
Years: 1994-1995 It sometimes seems like all the most influential shows of the ’90s were in the mold of My So-Called Life: Surprisingly mature, critically adored, and cancelled immediately. Similar in many ways to Freaks and Geeks but a little grittier and less artistic, My So-Called Life was like a refutation of all the school shows that had come before it, both comedies and dramas. It seemed to have special disdain for the “very special episode” format, and instead took those social issues and wrapped them into the entire ongoing storyline. The problems faced by 15-year-old Claire Danes as Angela Chase didn’t arise and get wrapped up at the end of the episode, they festered and spurred personal growth. It was as big a challenge for Danes as it was for her character, and at the end of its first season she expressed doubts about returning for a second. And ultimately, that was all ABC needed to hear as justification to cancel it. 14. N.Y.P.D. Biru
Years: 1993-2005 Salah satu acara polisi paling ikonik yang pernah ada, N.Y.P.D. Blue mendefinisikan penggambaran petugas polisi New York hingga hari ini. Di jantung pertunjukan adalah kemitraan, John Kelly dari David Caruso pertama dan kemudian Jimmy Smits 'Bobby Simone, keduanya bekerja bersama Dennis Franz sebagai Andy Sipowicz yang abadi. Dari semua poin pembicaraan potensial, seri ini menghasilkan kontroversi tentang konten ketelanjangannya (dan Sipowicz 'Butt), tetapi untuk memikirkan hal itu mengabaikan karakterisasi yang luar biasa. Sipowicz khususnya melakukan perjalanan yang cukup, tidak pernah kehilangan hasratnya untuk keadilan sambil secara bersamaan melawan sejarah keluarganya tentang intoleransi dan kefanatikan. Smits, sementara itu, (waspada spoiler!) Menderita salah satu kematangan TV yang paling memilukan ketika karakternya, Bobby Simone, terbunuh oleh infeksi jantung pada akhir musim enam. 1993-2005 One of the most iconic cop shows ever, N.Y.P.D. Blue defines the portrayal of New York police officers to this day. At the heart of the show were the partnerships, first David Caruso’s John Kelly and then Jimmy Smits’ Bobby Simone, both of whom worked alongside Dennis Franz as the immortal Andy Sipowicz. Of all potential talking points, the series generated controversy about its nudity content (and Sipowicz’ butt), but to dwell on that was ignoring its incredible characterizations. Sipowicz in particular goes on quite the journey, never losing sight of his passion for justice while simultaneously battling his family history of intolerance and bigotry. Smits, meanwhile, (spoiler alert!) suffered one of TV’s most heartbreaking demises when his character, Bobby Simone, was killed by a heart infection at the end of Season Six. 13. Ally McBeal
Tahun: 1997-2002 Ada banyak pertunjukan hukum dalam daftar ini, tetapi dari semuanya, Ally McBeal sejauh ini paling tidak ada hubungannya dengan kasus-kasus hukum yang sebenarnya. Sebagai gantinya, perusahaan itu hanya taman bermain untuk peccadillo dari karakter yang berlebihan yang dipersonifikasikan oleh sekutu halusinogenik yang optimis dan halusinogen, dimainkan oleh Calista Flockhart. Itu adalah pertunjukan dengan sedikit perhatian untuk plot yang masuk akal; Yang penting adalah karakter yang bersemangat, offbeat, dan urutan fantasi yang mempesona. Para pemeran pendukung di sini sangat kuat, dari musim yang ditambatkan oleh Robert Downey Jr. sebagai pacar Ally hingga karakter pelarian Ling Woo, kendaraan pembuat bintang untuk Lucy Liu. Pada saat itu, Ling Woo sejauh ini adalah karakter yang paling menonjol dan terkenal untuk seorang aktris keturunan Asia dalam sejarah TV, sehingga karakter yang menghitung dan memakan manusia menginspirasi cukup banyak analisis. Menghibur untuk lelucon dan berbagai kontroversi, Ally McBeal membuat percikan. 1997-2002 There are a lot of law shows on this list, but of all of them, Ally McBeal by far had the least to do with actual legal cases. Instead, the firm was just a playground for the peccadilloes of the exaggerated characters personified by the optimistic, hallucinogenic Ally McBeal herself, played by Calista Flockhart. It was a show with little concern for sensible plots; what mattered were the vibrant, offbeat characters and dazzling fantasy sequences. The supporting cast here was extremely strong, from the season that was anchored by Robert Downey Jr. as Ally’s boyfriend to the breakout character of Ling Woo, a star-making vehicle for Lucy Liu. At the time, Ling Woo was by far the most prominent and well-known character for an actress of Asian descent in TV history, so the calculating, man-eating character inspired quite a lot of analysis. Entertaining for both its jokes and various controversies, Ally McBeal made quite the splash. 12. The Sopranos
Years: 1999-2007 Ya, Sopranos tidak dapat disangkal merupakan pertunjukan tahun 2000-an, tetapi Anda tidak dapat mengabaikan dampak musim pertama yang monumental pada budaya TV Amerika. Ini menetapkan segala sesuatu tentang seri yang segera menggulung orang, terutama kompleksitas kehidupan sehari-hari Tony Soprano. Inilah karakter yang dapat kita lihat di banyak arena yang berbeda - sebagai mafia yang menghitung, seorang pria keluarga yang mencoba menyembunyikan pekerjaannya dari anak -anaknya, dan seorang pasien psikiatris yang rentan dengan marah mencoba mencari tahu dengan psikiaternya. Ada banyak hal baginya untuk mengatasi sehingga Anda segera mulai memahami serangan paniknya - pria ini berurusan dengan anggota keluarga yang berpotensi psikotik yang berusaha untuk menggosoknya dan menggantikan posisinya dalam organisasi kejahatan, semuanya sambil berusaha untuk tetap menjadi ayah dan suami yang baik . Sebagian besar karakter TV yang hebat sejak Soprano telah dipengaruhi lebih dari sedikit oleh penggambaran yang menentukan James Gandolfini. 1999-2007 Yes, The Sopranos is undeniably a 2000s show, but you can’t ignore the impact of its monumental first season on American TV culture. It establishes everything about the series that reeled people in immediately, most notably the complexities of Tony Soprano’s day-to-day life. Here’s a character who we are able to see in so many different arenas—as a calculating mobster, a family man trying to hide his work from his children, and a vulnerable psychiatric patient angrily trying to figure things out with his shrink. There’s so much for him to overcome that you immediately begin to understand his panic attacks—this dude is dealing with potentially psychotic family members attempting to rub him out and supplant his position within the crime organization, all while attempting to remain a decent father and husband. Most of TV’s great characters since The Sopranos have been influenced more than a little by James Gandolfini’s defining portrayal. 11. Star Trek: The Next Generation
Tahun: 1987-1994 Satu-satunya pertanyaan adalah, seri Star Trek yang hebat atau seri Star Trek terhebat? Perdebatan akan selalu mengamuk tanpa henti, tetapi saya pikir waktu sangat baik bagi kesukaan orang -orang untuk generasi berikutnya, ke titik di mana saya berharap itu akan menjadi pemenang jajak pendapat 1.000 trekkies. Dan dengan alasan yang baik - TNG pada dasarnya mengambil premis eksplorasi Star Trek asli dan melangkah lebih jauh dengannya, memperluas batas -batas alam semesta dan menciptakan latar belakang yang lebih kaya dan lebih menarik untuk aksi tersebut. Semua orang menyukai Patrick Stewart sebagai kapten yang empati dan ramah Picard; Banding pria itu universal. Demikian juga, ada begitu banyak karakter favorit penggemar lainnya, dari Good-Guy Klingon Warrior Worf hingga Brent Spiner sebagai Android yang menawan, data. Ini mungkin pemeran murni terbaik dalam hal bakat akting yang dimiliki entri dalam seri ini. Tayangan ulangnya masih menarik peringkat yang baik-pertunjukan sci-fi lain yang mulai ditayangkan pada tahun 1987 dapat membuat klaim itu? 1987-1994 The only question is, great Star Trek series or greatest Star Trek series? The debate will always rage on endlessly, but I think time has been especially kind to peoples’ fondness for Next Generation, to the point where I expect it would be the winner of a poll of 1,000 Trekkies. And with good reason—TNG basically takes the original Star Trek’s exploration premise and goes further with it, expanding the boundaries of the universe and creating a richer, more compelling backdrop to the action. Everyone loves Patrick Stewart as the empathetic, cordial Captain Picard; the dude’s appeal is universal. Likewise, there are so many other fan-favorite characters, from good-guy Klingon warrior Worf to Brent Spiner as the charming android, Data. It’s probably the best pure cast in terms of acting talent that any entry in the series has ever had. Its reruns still draw good ratings—what other sci-fi show that started airing in 1987 can make that claim? 10. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Years: 1997-2003 Tidak ada banyak entri di Canon "TV Series lebih baik dari film", tetapi Buffy tentu saja salah satunya. Salah satu mash-mash genre terbaik, itu mendapatkan yang terbaik dari konten "komedi remaja/sekolah" dan "aksi/horor", semuanya di bawah arah Joss Whedon yang sangat culun. Sangat berbasis di sekitar gagasan musim yang kohesif, pertunjukan ini diberkati dengan "buruk besar" yang hebat sebagai penjahat jangka panjang dan pemain berwarna-warni untuk mengembalikan orang-orang baik dalam "geng scooby" -nya. Sebelum ke Buffy, tidak ada yang benar -benar memadukan elemen horor dan komedi dengan cara yang begitu mudah diakses oleh audiens muda yang culun. Karakter kompleks Angel dan Spike saja terbukti menarik sebagai vampir antihero yang masih mempertahankan lebih banyak keunggulan daripada para pahlawan Twilight yang bisa bermimpi memiliki. 1997-2003 There aren’t many entries in the “TV series is better than the film” canon, but Buffy is certainly one of them. One of the best possible genre mish-mashes, it gets the very best out of both its “teen/school comedy” and “action/horror” content, all under the exceedingly geeky direction of Joss Whedon. Very much based around the idea of cohesive seasons, the show was blessed with great “big bads” as long-term villains and a colorful cast of returning good guys in its “Scooby Gang.” Prior to Buffy, nobody had really blended horror and comedy elements in a way that was so accessible to a young, geeky audience. The complex characters of Angel and Spike alone proved compelling as antihero vampires who still maintained much more edge than the heroes of Twilight could ever dream of possessing. 9. Sex and the City
Years: 1998-2004 I vaguely remember the debate and “controversy” that followed the earliest seasons of Sex and the City on HBO, which essentially amounted to “…and it has SEX right in the title, can you believe it?!” And yes, there was plenty of sex in Sex and the City, but it really wasn’t completely focused on titillation. Rather, it was all about relationships, dating and assertiveness in dealing with the opposite sex, presenting four very different women as they tackled many of the same issues from differing perspectives. For some female viewers this was heavenly—finally, they felt, they had a show depicting a group of women who could occasionally pass the Bechdel test in conversation. Others criticized the lack of reality, from the fact that Carrie seems to make a living with a single weekly column to the depiction of the various male suitors for each character. Whether or not Sex and the City has any value whatsoever as far as feminism is concerned is still a topic of much debate, but that fact alone confirms that people are still watching it. 8. Twin Peaks
Years: 1990-1991 Certainly the weirdest show of the early ’90s, and possibly of the entire decade, Twin Peaks is one of the most eccentric things that ever successfully got onto network TV. The David Lynch mystery drama started out looking like it would essentially be Blue Velvet: The Series before revealing how kooky it was prepared to become, a tangled conspiracy that touched on the double lives of practically every person in Twin Peaks who comes into contact with FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper. Soon enough, we’re uncovering a reverse-speaking, dancing dwarf known as “The Man from Another Place,” who appears to be an ally in hunting down the demonic entity “Killer BOB.” Most viewers had absolutely no idea what to make of all this talk of alternate dimensions and evil planes of existence, but they were enraptured anyway … for about a season and a half. Falling ratings then convinced the network to reveal the show’s central mystery, and it wrapped up in a cliffhanger that was never fully resolved, even by the show’s feature film follow-up, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. 7. Friends
Years: 1994-2004 In terms of pure marketability, Friends was a juggernaut. Everyone watched Friends. Parents watched alongside kids. Its mass appeal is summed up by its incredibly general title alone—I mean really, “Friends”? Its success may be the ultimate reminder that truly populist sitcoms are all about the characters and not necessarily the storylines. Friends simply had the best-defined characters: Nebbish Ross, prickly Chandler, air-headed Joey, domineering Monica, bubbly Phoebe and “I’m very attractive” Rachel. The writing was just clever enough to let a talented bunch of actors grow into their roles and become archetypes that have been echoed in dozens of sitcoms in the decade since the show’s finale. The reach of Friends extends to every end of pop culture, even fashion. Case in point: “the Rachel” hairstyle, which became the decade’s defining ’do. That is the definition of influence. 6. South Park
Years: 1997-present The South Park of the 1990s was quite a different show from the one it grew into over the years. In its earliest episodes, it was absolutely committed to raising as much controversy as possible, which was certainly a success in terms of media coverage alone. But the main characters were also quite a bit different—Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman were more innocent characters back then, truly childlike in many ways, less mature and grizzled from the insane experiences of living in their “quiet mountain town.” The early episodes are focused much tighter on those central characters as well, while just beginning to dip into pop culture parody (such as “Chinpokomon”) and episodes dedicated to supporting characters (such as “The Succubus”). The ’90s show hadn’t quite grown to its full potential, but it’s still easy to miss some of these character-driven stories compared to 2014 South Park, which so often dedicates whole episodes to Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s opinions on a single trend, celebrity, film or limited subject matter. 5. Frasier
Years: 1993-2004 So many of the sitcoms on this list are paeans to blue-collar family life, but Frasier was the odd show that made cultural elites and eggheads somehow seem like lovable characters to a mass audience. Both Frasier and his brother Niles can be infuriatingly snobbish, but audiences soon found that when their petty jealousies were directed at each other, they could also be hilarious. The show soon became an off-hand representation of the idea of “smart comedy” on TV, but it was also still a sitcom full of relationship humor. Viewers waited a hell of a long time in particular for the long-teased relationship between Niles and Daphne to finally come to fruition (seven full seasons). Frazier, on the other hand, is never really lucky in love, but he was always better as a semi-depressed single, turning his probing mind on himself. 4. Pembunuhan: Kehidupan di Jalan
Years: 1993-1999 Sebelum kawat, pembunuhan: Kehidupan di jalanan merangkak sebagian besar wilayah yang sama (dan di kota yang sama, tidak kurang). Salah satu prosedur kepolisian paling realistis yang pernah ada, ia menghindari banyak drama gaya opera sabun dari seri lain yang mendukung kenyataan-menghancurkan, realitas yang mati rasa, sebagian besar waktu. Ini menggambarkan pekerjaan polisi dan detektif sebagai suram, seringkali berulang -ulang dan melelahkan secara mental, yang tentu saja memakan korban dari waktu ke waktu pada karakter pelariannya, Detektif Pembunuhan Frank Pembleton, yang diperankan oleh Andre Braugher. Untuk menekankan rasa implikasi "dunia nyata", karakter -karakter tersebut sering menangani beberapa kasus dan benar -benar terpisah dari setiap episode, yang berfungsi sebagai pengingat konstan tentang bagaimana pekerjaan itu menumpuk, tidak pernah membiarkan orang berada dalam kondisi terbaik dalam menangani mereka satu pekerjaan. Bahkan ketika mereka berhasil, polisi ini jarang berjemur dalam rasa kemuliaan atau pencapaian. Pembunuhan: Kehidupan di jalan kemudian menjadi drama TV pertama yang memenangkan tiga Peabody Awards. 1993-1999 Before The Wire, Homicide: Life on the Street plumbed much of the same territory (and in the same city, no less). One of the most realistic police procedurals ever, it eschewed much of the soap opera-style drama of other series in favor of reality—crushing, numbing reality, most of the time. It depicts police and detective work as bleak, often repetitive and mentally exhausting, which certainly takes a toll over time on its breakout character, homicide detective Frank Pembleton, played by Andre Braugher. To emphasize the sense of “real world” implications, the characters were often tackling multiple cases and totally separate plot threads in each episode, which served as a constant reminder of how the work piles up, never allowing people to be at their best in tackling a single job. Even when they were successful, these cops rarely got to bask in any sense of glory or accomplishment. Homicide: Life on the Street went on to become the first TV drama to ever win three Peabody Awards. 3. Er
Tahun: 1994-2009 ER mengudara begitu lama sehingga periode yang berbeda dari pertunjukan ini hampir tidak ada kemiripan satu sama lain, kecuali fakta bahwa 331 episode sebagian besar ditetapkan di rumah sakit dan terus menggambar nominasi Emmy, a Catat Total 124. Di tahun 90 -an, karakter utama adalah Anthony Edwards 'Dr. Mark Greene, tetapi lebih mungkin diingat akhir -akhir ini sebagai "Tahun Clooney." A-lister bermain pediatrik Dr. Doug Ross di puncak kekuatannya, seorang wanita (tentu saja) dengan hubungan yang aktif dan tidak lagi dengan kepala perawat Carol Hathaway (Julianna Margulies, bertahun-tahun sebelum istri yang baik). Aman untuk mengatakan bahwa dalam peran ini, Clooney adalah salah satu dokter TV paling populer sepanjang masa, dan kepergiannya di musim lima tentu menjadi berita utama. ER, bagaimanapun, tetap menjadi binatang buas dalam peringkat sampai hingga tahun 2000 -an, menjadikannya salah satu pertunjukan medis paling sukses yang pernah ditayangkan. 1994-2009 ER was on the air for so long that the different periods of the show bear almost no resemblance to one another, except for the fact that the 331 episodes are mostly set in the hospital and continued to draw Emmy nominations, a record 124 in total. In the ’90s, the lead character was ostensibly Anthony Edwards’ Dr. Mark Greene, but it’s more likely remembered these days as “The Clooney Years.” The A-lister played pediatric Dr. Doug Ross at the height of his powers, a womanizer (of course) with an on-again, off-again relationship with head nurse Carol Hathaway (Julianna Margulies, years before The Good Wife). It’s safe to say that in this role, Clooney was one of the most popular TV doctors of all time, and his departure in season five certainly made some headlines. ER, however, remained a beast in the ratings until well into the 2000s, making it one of the most successful medical shows that has ever aired. 2. Seinfeld
Bertahun-tahun: 1989-1998 Pada hari kerja tertentu, kemungkinan besar bahwa saya menonton tayangan ulang Seinfeld yang saya lihat setidaknya 20 kali sebelumnya, dan saya tidak sendirian dalam kebiasaan itu. Fakta bahwa acara tersebut telah berada dalam tayangan ulang dan sindikat yang terus-menerus sejak final penampil 76 juta membuktikan betapa dicintai sampai hari ini: Seinfeld masih menghasilkan uang untuk jaringan 16 tahun setelah berakhir. Penggunaannya pada budaya pop minutia berada di level lain sepenuhnya, seperti ketidaksukaannya terhadap konvensi sitkom yang khas. Hubungan jangka panjang dan segitiga cinta praktis tidak ada di Seinfeld. Karakter tidak pernah menawarkan permintaan maaf sappy satu sama lain. Mereka bahkan tidak pernah belajar dari kesalahan mereka! Larry David dan perusahaan sebaliknya berkomitmen untuk menceritakan kisah -kisah tentang orang lain dan misantropi santai dari orang -orang yang memandang diri mereka sebagai "umumnya layak" atau rata -rata, tetapi pada kenyataannya adalah individu yang cukup mengerikan. Tanpa bahkan mendalam tentang efek transformatif acara pada leksikon budaya, yang dikenal sebagai "SeinGanguage," mudah untuk melihat bagaimana Seinfeld secara unik menonjol dari setiap rekannya. 1989-1998 On any given weekday, the likelihood is high that I watch a Seinfeld rerun that I’ve seen at least 20 times before, and I’m not alone in that habit. The fact that the show has been in continual reruns and syndication since its 76-million viewer finale proves how beloved it remains to this day: Seinfeld is still making money for networks 16 years after it ended. Its grasp on pop culture minutia was on another level entirely, as was its distaste for typical sitcom conventions. Long-term relationships and love triangles were practically non-existent on Seinfeld. Never did characters offer sappy apologies to each other. Never did they even learn from their mistakes! Larry David and company were instead committed to telling stories of everyday, casual misanthropy from people who viewed themselves as “generally decent” or average, but were in reality pretty terrible individuals. Without even going into depth about the show’s transformative effect on the cultural lexicon, known as “Seinlanguage,” it’s easy to see how Seinfeld uniquely stood out from every one of its peers. 1. The Simpsons
Bertahun-tahun: 1989-sekarang jika Anda pernah bertemu seseorang yang mengklaim periode terbaik dari Simpsons datang dalam satu musim di luar tahun 1990-an, orang itu mengendalikan Anda atau mereka adalah jiwa yang miskin dan tertipu yang entah bagaimana tidak tahu lebih baik. Pada puncak kreatifnya di pertengahan tahun 90-an, tidak ada acara yang ditulis lebih baik di TV-kepadatan lelucon saja benar-benar luar biasa. Kembali dan tonton episode seperti bagian satu dari "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" Dari tahun 1995 dan hal yang tidak bisa dibantu tetapi melihat betapa cepatnya semuanya bergerak - ada lelucon secara harfiah setiap beberapa detik, kebanyakan dari mereka brilian. Setiap jenis humor hadir, dari referensi budaya pop yang ada di mana-mana hingga parodi referensi-diri, slapstick, permainan kata-kata dan karakter ikonik yang konyol. Sungguh, karakter TV apa yang telah dikutip lebih banyak sejak awal tahun 90 -an daripada Homer Simpson? Berapa banyak dari kita yang dapat melafalkan seluruh bagian atau episode? Dan dengan peluncuran aplikasi "Simpsons World" yang baru pada akhir Agustus saat tayangan ulang acara tersebut pindah ke FXX, tidak pernah ada waktu yang lebih mudah untuk akhirnya meninjau kembali bagian terbaik dari episode acara 552 yang absurd. Tonton episode dan kenang -kenangan - The Simpsons adalah pertunjukan terbaik tahun 1990 -an. 1989-present If you ever meet someone who claims the best period of The Simpsons came in a season outside the 1990s, that person is either trolling you or they’re a poor, deluded soul who somehow doesn’t know any better. At its creative peak in the mid-’90s, there was no better-written show on TV—the joke density alone is absolutely incredible. Go back and watch an episode like part one of “Who Shot Mr. Burns?” from 1995 and the thing one can’t help but notice is how insanely fast everything moves—there’s literally a joke every few seconds, most of them brilliant. Every type of humor is present, from the ubiquitous pop culture references to self-referential parody, slapstick, wordplay and simply silly, iconic characters. Really, what TV character has been quoted more times since the early ’90s than Homer Simpson? How many of us can recite entire passages or episodes? And with the launch of the new “Simpsons World” app in late August as the show’s reruns move to FXX, there’s never been an easier time to finally revisit the best portions of the show’s absurd 552 episodes. Watch the episodes and reminisce—The Simpsons was the finest show of the 1990s. Apa acara TV yang paling banyak ditonton tahun 1990 -an?Acara televisi yang paling banyak ditonton, dari tahun 1990 hingga 1999, adalah:.. Cheers (1990). 60 Menit (1991). 60 Menit (1992). 60 Menit (1993). Seinfeld (1994). Er (1995). Seinfeld (1996). Er (1997). Acara TV apa dari tahun 2000 -an yang diakui secara kritis?10 acara TV paling populer tahun 2000 -an, menurut IMDB.. 10/10 'The Wire' (2002 - 2008). 9/10 'Six Feet Under' (2001 - 2005). 8/10 'Ditangkap Pembangunan' (2003 - 2019). 7/10 'The West Wing' (1999 - 2006). 6/10 'The Sopranos' (1999 - 2007). 5/10 '30 Rock '(2006 - 2013). 4/10 'The Office' (2005 - 2013). Genre TV apa yang populer di tahun 90 -an?Komedi keluarga tradisional seperti pertunjukan cosby, ikatan keluarga, dan rasa sakit yang tumbuh (ABC, 1985-92) tetap mengudara hingga 1990-an, sementara pada saat yang sama lebih banyak "realistis" pertunjukan yang menampilkan keluarga kelas menengah ke bawah seperti Roseanne(ABC, 1988–97), The Simpsons (Fox, Begun 1989), menikah ... dengan anak -anak (Fox, 1987–97), ... such as The Cosby Show, Family Ties, and Growing Pains (ABC, 1985–92) remained on the air into the 1990s, while at the same time more “realistic” shows featuring lower-middle-class families such as Roseanne (ABC, 1988–97), The Simpsons (Fox, begun 1989), Married…with Children (Fox, 1987–97), ...
Serial komedi tv mana yang dijalankan dari 1994 hingga 2004?Friends adalah sitkom yang dibuat yang ditayangkan di NBC selama sepuluh musim dari 1994 hingga 2004. is a sitcom created that aired on NBC for ten seasons from 1994 to 2004. |
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